IN ALL THE MOVEMENTS OF A SURGEON, THERE SHOULD BE
NEITHER HASTE NOR WASTE. IT MATTERS LESS HOW QUICKLY
AN OPERATION IS DONE THAN HOW ACCURATELY IT IS DONE.
SPEED SHOULD RESULT FROM METHOD AND THE PRACTICED
FACILITY OF THE OPERATOR AND SHOULD NOT BE HIS FIRST
AND FORMAL INTENTION. IT SHOULD BE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT,
NOT AN AIM. AND EVERY MOVEMENT SHOULD TELL, EVERY
ACTION SHOULD ACHIEVE SOMETHING. A MANIPULATION, IF IT
REQUIRES TO BE CARRIED OUT, SHOULD NOT BE HALF DONE
AND HESITATINGLY DONE. IT SHOULD BE DELIBERATE, FIRM,
INTENTIONAL AND FINAL. INFINITE GENTLENESS,
SCRUPULOUS CARE, LIGHT HANDLING, AND PURPOSEFUL,
EFFECTIVE, QUIET MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE NOT MORE THAN A
CARESS ARE ALL NECESSARY IF AN OPERATION IS TO BE THE
WORK OF AN ARTIST AND NOT MERELY A HEWER OF FLESH.
FOR EVERY OPERATION, EVEN THOSE PROCEDURES WHICH ARE
NOW QUITE COMMONPLACE, SHOULD BE EXECUTED NOT IN THE
SPIRIT OF AN ARTISAN WHO HAS A JOB TO GET THROUGH, BUT
IN THE SPIRIT OF AN ARTIST WHO HAS SOMETHING TO INTERPRET AND CREATE
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