The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and . . . an eagerness to know what it is really all about, in order that he may not be the one left behind if there is something to it.
Source: Polio Pioneer: Sister Kenny, by Henry D. Holland at http://www.azstarnet.com/~rspear/kenny.html.
-- Elizabeth Kenny, (Sep 20 1886-1952), Australian nurse; She developed a therapy for polio victims, 1933.