<p>The epitaph is <em>probably</em></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"I would like to think that I've left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph." — C. Walton Lillehei, 1995.</p>
</blockquote>

<h3><em>materials</em></h3>

<ol>
<li><p><a href="http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/100/13/1364.full" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>C. Walton Lillehei, the “Father of Open Heart Surgery”</code></a>. This article proves Mr. Lillehei has the title "心脏病之父", and he is an American.</p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.ctsnet.org/book/soth/front_rev.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>State of the Heart: The Practical Guide to Your Heart and Heart Surgery</em></a>. This book quotes what he said as</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LTCKP.png" alt="epitaph"></p></li>
<li><p>However I cannot find that epitaph on <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=6952" rel="nofollow noreferrer">his tombstone</a>.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DoG0o.jpg" alt="Lillehei"></p>

<p>So, the statement "在他的墓碑上面，刻了..." seems not true.</p></li>
</ol>

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Stan
<p>Looking for another retrograde translation.</p>

<p>Here's the excerpt:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>美国有一个心脏病之父，他一生开过，开胸开一万多人。他，美国的心脏科医生都知道，尊称他为心脏病之父。他死掉以后呢，在他的墓碑上面，刻了......了一句话在上面：“世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This obviously comes from English.</p>

<ul>
<li>What's the original English quote of: <code>“世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”</code>?</li>
</ul>

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"I would like to think that I've left the world of cardiovascular surgery
better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph." — C. Walton Lillehei, 1995.
Stan
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2015-01-13T09:14:31.727Z
@Stan That's an answer.
Mou某
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2015-01-14T09:02:46.937Z
Hmm, it would be better to ask this question in the chat room.
Stan
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2015-01-14T09:10:38.480Z
This Chinese version is clearly a made up one. Many Chinese quotes' translators love to adjust/make up things for their own believes. This is very bad.
AGamePlayer
<translation>
Translation: “世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”
# Translation: “世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-13)

Looking for another retrograde translation.

Here's the excerpt:

> 美国有一个心脏病之父，他一生开过，开胸开一万多人。他，美国的心脏科医生都知道，尊称他为心脏病之父。他死掉以后呢，在他的墓碑上面，刻了......了一句话在上面：“世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”

This obviously comes from English.

* What's the original English quote of: `“世界上，治疗心脏病最好的方式就是不要开刀。”`?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "I would like to think that I've left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph." — C. Walton Lillehei, 1995.  
> **username_0**: @Stan That's an answer.  
> **username_1**: Hmm, it would be better to ask this question in the chat room.  
> **username_2**: This Chinese version is clearly a made up one. Many Chinese quotes' translators love to adjust/make up things for their own believes. This is very bad.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-13. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

The epitaph is *probably*

> "I would like to think that I've left the world of cardiovascular surgery better than when I found it. That would be a suitable epitaph." — C. Walton Lillehei, 1995.

### *materials*

1. [`C. Walton Lillehei, the “Father of Open Heart Surgery”`](http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/100/13/1364.full). This article proves Mr. Lillehei has the title "心脏病之父", and he is an American.
2. [*State of the Heart: The Practical Guide to Your Heart and Heart Surgery*](http://www.ctsnet.org/book/soth/front_rev.pdf). This book quotes what he said as

   ![epitaph](https://i.sstatic.net/LTCKP.png)
3. However I cannot find that epitaph on [his tombstone](http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6952).

   ![Lillehei](https://i.sstatic.net/DoG0o.jpg)

   So, the statement "在他的墓碑上面，刻了..." seems not true.


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