Axel Munthe
Axel Munthe
Axel Martin Fredrik Munthewas a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth31 October 1857
CountrySweden
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Pasteur himself was absolutely fearless. Anxious to secure a sample of saliva straight from the jaws of a rabid dog, I once saw him with the glass tube held between his lips draw a few drops of the deadly saliva from the mouth of a rabid bull-dog, held on the table by two assistants, their hands protected by leather gloves.
god anarchist christ
Christ - an anarchist who succeeded.
dog believe rights
A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.
christmas giving-money forever
What you keep for yourself, you lose. What you give away, you keep forever
space soul body
The soul needs more space than the body.
home wind sea
My home shall be open for the sun and the wind and the voices of the sea - like a Greek temple - and light, light, light everywhere!
book reading successful
I was not a good doctor, my studies had been too rapid, my hospital training too short, but there is not the slightest doubt that I was a successful doctor. What is the secret of success? To inspire confidence. What is confidence? ... I do not know, I only know that it cannot be acquired by book reading, nor by the bedside of our patients. It is a magic gift granted by birth-right to one man and denied to another. The doctor who possesses this gift can almost raise the dead
book men long
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.
respect men long
A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself.
freedom cages bars
The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.