REMEMBERING HIS first operation, Francis D. Moore, MD, wrote, "Now here I was, with skilled nurses and an experienced anesthetist, shiny sterile instruments at hand, ready to operate. I felt that this was both a miracle and a privilege. I still do."1 Like him, John C. Goligher, MD, of Leeds, England, a contemporary of Dr Moore, never lost this sense of wonder and privilege throughout a long and distinguished surgical life.