Læknaneminn - 01.11.1965, Qupperneq 21

LÆKNANEMINN
21
Höfundur, sem er frá Kuala Lumpur, en ættuð frá Ceylon, við Gullfoss.
high. It must surely be the highest
in Europe!
Many thanks to the Icelandic
Medical Students’ Association for
making is possible for me to see
Iceland (and to take up the chal-
lenge of the old family doctor in
Malaysia). Heartfelt thanks to the
people for their warm welcomes
and kind hospitality, especially
those I have come to know quite
well and who have spared their
In fleeing disease you fall into
the hands of the doctors.
Óþekktur höf.
While the doctors consult, the
patient dies.
John Heywood, Engiish Proverbs.
time to show me some of the
beautiful sights of Iceland. Thanks
also to the doctors and surgeons
at Landakot hospital for tolerating
my intrusion into their routine
work. I was sorry to depart from
Iceland. All good things must
come to an end and life must go
on. Therefore, I say farewell to
my many Icelandic friends and
who knows, I may yet return to
Iceland some day.
A surgeon and not a gentleman.
Óþekktur höf., Dominus rex.
And medical friction is,
past contradiction,
Much better performed
by a She than a He.
R. H. Barham, The Black Mousquetaire.