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‘Tu Souffres, Cela Suffit’: Louis Pasteur's (1822–1895) inspirational motto for Sydney's St George Hospital

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: In the fiscal year of 1960-1961, board members of Sydney's St George Hospital elected to adopt a new motto for the organisation: 'Tu souffres, cela suffit' - French for 'You are suffering, that is enough'. Today these words are all too familiar to staff members and visitors to St George Hospital, but few are aware of their actual historical significance. Accessible histories of the hospital attribute the motto to the distinguished French microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), but the original context of Pasteur's remark is not commonly stated. We set out to record the exact source and history of the hospital's motto alongside its logo, referencing in passing, Louis Pasteur's outstanding legacy to Australian medicine in this bicentenary year of his birth.

Source: Internal Medicine Journal

DOI: 10.1111/imj.16098

Authors: Nadeem Toodayan, Zaheer Toodayan, Marika Sablatura‐Nagy

Institution: St George Hospital

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Medicine

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Australian Academy of Science

OpenAlex ID: W4377939013

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