Report, if you have a problem with this page“ Emblematic of this era was the prolific Viennese surgeon Theodor Billroth. Born in 1821, Billroth studied music and surgery with almost equal verve. (The professions still often go hand in hand. Both push manual skill to its limit; both mature with practice and age; both depend on immediacy, precision, and opposable thumbs.) ”
Siddhartha Mukherjee
From : The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
