- “Most important, he focused intently on the nearly seven thousand patients who would submit to his scalpel. “The duty of a doctor, primarily, is to teach,” Dr. Nelson explained. “A doctor is really functioning at his highest level when he is teaching his patient what is wrong and what can be done about it” (Condie, Russell M. Nelson) Insight’s from a Prophet’ Life, Page 60
- “There were twelve and a half years from the time I received my doctoral degree until I sent my first bill for surgical services,” Russell recalled. “We borrowed money. Dantzel earned some. I made a little here and there. Somehow we survived.” Insights from a Prophet’s Life, Russell M. Nelson, Page 25