Cutting for Stone

"Cutting for Stone" is a phrase taken from the
Hippocratic Oath. 

  The whole phrase is "I will not cut for stone even in the presence of disease. I will leave this to skilled professionals, specialists in the art." Wiki Answers interprets this to mean PHYSICIANS will not preform surgery. They will leave the cutting or surgery to trained specialists - trained SURGEONS. In the day of ancient Greeks  - when the Hippocratic Oath was written -  physicians and surgeons were considered two different professions.  In the novel, Thomas Stone is a surgeon; whereas Gosh - an internal medicine specialist, would be considered a physician.         (check the link  Wiki Answers)

Roz

Roz selected our book and hosted our meeting. As always we had fantastic food and great discussion.  Our Roz is another one of our strong women!  Roz is the poster child for exercise! With her husband Larry, she travels the world. And she has the t-shirts to prove it  -- along with some beautiful pictures (by Larry.) Roz has 3 grown children and some beautiful grand kids. Her extraordinary calligraphy-handwriting matches her personality - "BLING".




 Cutting for Stone is a novel  set in Ethiopia over the past half century.  We were all fascinated with the twin boy characters, who inexplicably born to  Dr Stone and an Indian nun. Like any book, the reviews were mixed. Overall the book was enjoyed by most members. It certainly has received critical acclaim.

Most of our group.

Our group agenda this week is to see "The Help."   
 This book selection was one of our very favorites!


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Next Book Selection - see list to the left.
Hostess listed on the right.