Rene Leriche Professions : Surgeon Born : October 12, 1879 Died : December 28, 1955 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Rene Leriche Every surgeon carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray. Rene Leriche surgeons cemetery praying Physical pain is not a simple affair of an impulse, travelling at a fixed rate along a nerve. It is the resultant of a conflict between a stimulus and the whole individual. Rene Leriche nerves pain simple Similar Authors Atul Gawande surgeon August Bier surgeon Astley Cooper surgeon Alexis Carrel surgeon Ala Bashir surgeon Denton Cooley surgeon All Authors