to cure a patient as soon as treatment begins; used to praise a doctor's exceptional medical skill

(idiom) keep the big picture in mind while starting with the small details; plan for the grand goal but begin from the ground up.

to be empty-handed; to have nothing in one's hands

To clasp or hold one's hands behind one's back

praise for a doctor's superb skill in bringing a patient back to health from a serious illness; literally "the touch of a hand brings back the spring"

to start with the small things or attend to the minute details of a task