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

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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.

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Autori: Nadeem Toodayan iD; Zaheer Toodayan (St George Hospital); Marika Sablatura‐Nagy (St George Hospital)
Pubblicato in: Internal Medicine Journal, vol. 53, n. 5, pp. 854-860
Data di pubblicazione:01/05/2023
Editore:Wiley
Tipo di documento:Articolo
Lingua:inglese
DOI: 10.1111/imj.16098
ISSN:1444-0903, 1445-5994
Accesso aperto: Accesso aperto Bronze: lettura gratuita presso l'editore, senza licenza aperta – Internal Medicine Journal
Soggetti:
History of Science and Medicine (Social Sciences > Arts and Humanities > History and Philosophy of Science)
Medical History and Innovations (Social Sciences > Arts and Humanities > History)
Historical Medical Research and Treatments (Health Sciences > Medicine > Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging)
Louis Pasteur, history of medicine, medical history, hospital history
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Riassunto: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.
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.16098