Witness The Words Being Born: Stories of Medicine

“The physician enjoys a wonderful opportunity actually to witness the words being born. Their actual colors and shapes are laid before him carrying their tiny burdens which he is privileged to take into his care with their unspoiled newness. He may see the difficulty with which they have been born and what they are destined to do. No one else is present but the speaker and ourselves; we have been the words’ very parents. Nothing is more moving.” William Carlos Williams The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams