Gerald Buckberg
Gerald Buckberg
Gerald Buckberg was an American surgeon. His research initially centered in the area of myocardial protection and led to the introduction of blood cardioplegia, which is currently used by over 85% of surgeons in the United States and 75% of surgeons worldwide for adult and pediatric heart operations. He was a member of multiple surgical societies, including the American Association for Thoracic Su
"I picked up a book [The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels ed., Saunders & OMalley] on Vesalius... [H]e cut the heart... to see the different cavities... in the 1500s. ...[T]he cardiac structure is the first example since Leonardo da Vinci showing the thickness of the walls and the shape of the cavities."
"[T]he heart... is, in reality, a that contains an apex. The cardiac helix form... was described in the 1660s by Lower as having an apical , in which the muscle fibers go from outside in, in a clockwise way, and from inside out, in a counterclockwise direction."
"There was a famous cardiologist named ... and he talked about the heart twisting..."
"[A] cathedral... has the principle of a and a . ...Theres the heart. Its exactly the same thing. ...Theres ...an iceberg. The iceberg and the heart are the same [form]. Imagination is that you have to see what is, not what you want to see. ...[T]he hurricane and a heart have exactly the same direction. They whirl in the same way. [T]he galaxy... its exactly the same concept."
"The zebrafish is... interesting... Its aorta is 1/3 the size of a human hair. But yet.. it works exactly like yours and mine do. ...So were not unique. Were just a part of a wonderful scheme of nature. ...[W]ere such a part of a scheme that we look at reciprocal spirals in heaven..."
"[A]s you look at this scheme of how we learn and grow... we go up and down this pipe. ...[G]rowth is knowledge to analyze, to differentiate, to take things apart. Wisdom is to synthesize, integrate, to bring them together. Wholeness means you have complimentary activity to use them both. You have to do something. Something has to happen, and as a surgeon we are lucky. We have the ability to combine wisdom and knowledge into action."
"These helical patterns are common in many animals with horns, such as the ram or eland... [I]n combat... they do not break, because nature introduces... the formation of spirals within spirals... nature’s way of supporting one structure within itself. In a larger sense, nature introduces a harmony of structures from both outside and inside the visible shape."
"A dilemma that I see is that ignorant people are unknowledgable, but can learn. Arrogant people are knowledgeable but unable to be taught."
"[I]f you look at the helical heart, you see a hidden harmony of spirals. You see the DNA... the blueprint... You see the ventricle... You see that you have ejection and suction with the spirals going in different directions, with the spirals within spirals. You see it in the microscopic structure of the heart, the different forms of the heart called the , , , []... Its all the same. Its a reproduction of what is normal and very efficient."
"[I]t was thought many years ago that no one could understand the heart. The heart was called the ."
"No matter how much we dislike something, we always have to listen, and find if some nugget of truth, some change is available to us. We cant just dislike someone. We have to realize there are many parts to them."
"We all have to be students, who are often wrong and always in doubt, while a professor is sometimes wrong and never in doubt. Please join me on my student pathway..."
