Charles Sumner: “At such a moment as this, more than at any other, we feel the dignity…”

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At such a moment as this, more than at any other, we feel the dignity, the awful responsibility, of the healing art.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner speaks to the profound responsibility that comes with the practice of medicine, especially in critical moments.

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Charles Sumner: “At such a moment as this, more than at any other, we feel the dignity, the awful responsibility, of the healing art.”