Holby City1999

[Hanssen has brought a water-filled balloon to the consultants' meeting to demonstrate the use of a laparoscopic grasper]

Henrik Hanssen:
Has anyone used one of this type before?

Jac Naylor:
I have.

Henrik Hanssen:
Excellent. I wonder if you'd be kind enough to demonstrate its qualities with this balloon representing a bowel.

Connie Beauchamp:
Oh, you *have* come prepared.

Henrik Hanssen:
Are you picturing me in a Boy Scout's uniform?

Jac Naylor:
What's particularly special about this is that it's so sensitive it doesn't cut soft tissue.

[Jac grasps the balloon with the tool. It bursts, showering her trousers with water. Connie and Michael smirk]

Henrik Hanssen:
"The greatest ignorance is the conceit that a man knows when he does *not* know". William Osler, an icon of medicine.