‘Non nobis solum nati sumas.’
(Not for ourselves are we born.)—Marcus Tulluis Cicero
When I was still in clinical practice, I had many farmers as patients. There is, however, one I will always remember. He came to all his preoperative, surgery hospitalization and postoperative visits in clean overalls. I asked his wife if he ever wore anything else. She said, “No, but he keeps a special set for church on Sundays.”
On some occasions, when I