| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Surgeon |
| | | A good surgeon must have an eagles eye, a lions heart, and a ladys hand. | 1 |
| Call not a surgeon before you are wounded. | 2 |
| He mistakes the knife of the surgeon for the blade of the assassin. | 3 |
| Tender surgeons make foul wounds. Italian. | 4 |
| The best surgeon is he of the soul. | 5 |
| The best surgeon is he that has been hacked himself. | 6 | | |
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