“ She came and took away all his miseries, his sorrows !!Then SHewent and left him restlessly numb. He was herpainkiller. SHe, his anesthetic. Douglas Self
“ It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things to… Grantly Dick-Read
“ Anesthesia was discovered. Do you know what it means to relieve man of his pain and suffering? Anesthesia is the most humane of all of man's accomplishments, and what a merciful accomplishment it was.… Joseph Lewis
“ Religion is a non-alcoholic man's alcohol. Alcohol is a non-religious man's religion. Mokokoma Mokhonoana