1st Edition

Medically Speaking A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine and Nursing

    481 Pages
    by CRC Press

    498 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes provide the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure.

    This book can be read for entertainment or used as a handy reference by students and professionals and the wider public interested in who has said what on medicine.

    PREFACE

    ABDOMEN
    ABORTION
    ACUPUNCTURE
    ADHESIVE
    ALLERGY
    AMNESIA
    AMPUTATION
    ANATOMISTS
    ANATOMY
    ANESTHETIST
    ANESTHESIA
    ANTIBIOTIC
    APOTHECARY
    APPENDIX
    ARTERY
    BACK
    BILL
    BIRTH CONTROL
    BLINDNESS
    BLOOD
    BLOOD PRESSURE
    BODY
    BODY-SNATCHER
    BRAIN
    CANCER
    CARE
    CARTILAGE
    CASTOR OIL
    CAVITY
    CHEMISTRY
    CHILDBIRTH
    CHOLERA
    CIRCUMCISION
    COD LIVER OIL
    COLDS
    COMMON SENSE
    CONSULTATION
    CONTAGIOUS
    CONTRACEPTIVE
    CONVALESCENCE
    COUGH
    CURE
    CURIOSITY
    DEATH
    DENTAL
    DENTIST
    DERMATOLOGIST
    DIAGNOSIS
    DIAGNOSTICIAN
    DIAPHRAGM
    DIET
    DIGESTION
    DISCHARGE
    DISEASE
    DISINFECTANT
    DISSECTION
    DOCTOR
    DRAFT
    DRUGGIST
    DRUGS
    EAR WAX
    ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
    ENEMA
    EPIDEMIC
    EPIDERMIS
    ERROR
    ESOPHAGUS
    EXAMINATION
    EXPERIENCE
    EXPERIMENT
    FACT
    FEE
    FEVER
    FLU
    GALL BLADDERS
    GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
    GERM PLASM
    GOD
    GOUT
    GYNECOLOGY
    HEADACHE
    HEALING
    HEALTH
    HEART
    HIPPOCRATIC OATH
    HIVES
    HOSPITAL
    HYPOCHONDRIAC
    HYPODERMIC NEEDLE
    ILL
    ILLNESS
    INJURY
    INSOMNIAC
    INTERNIST
    INTESTINE
    INVALID
    IT
    JOURNALS
    KIDNEY
    KING'S EVIL
    LIFE
    LIVER
    LUNGS
    MALADY
    MAL DE MER
    MAN
    MEASLES
    MEDICAL
    MEDICAL MNEMONICS
    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
    MEDICINE
    MENSTRUATION
    MICROBES
    MICROSCOPE
    NAUSEA
    NERVE
    NOUNS OF MULTITUDE
    NURSE
    NURSE'S PRAYER
    NUTRITION
    OBSERVATION
    OINTMENT
    OPERATION
    OPINIONS
    ORAL HYGIENE
    PAIN
    PARASITE
    PATIENTS
    PHARMACIST
    PHARMACY
    PHYSICAL
    PHYSIC
    PHYSICAL
    PHYSICIAN
    PHYSIOLOGIST
    PHYSIOLOGY
    PILL
    PIMPLE
    PMS
    PNEUMONIA
    PRAYER
    PRESCRIPTION
    PROGNOSIS
    PROTEIN
    QUACK
    RADIOLOGIST
    RAPPORT
    RECOVERY
    RESUSCITATE
    REMEDY
    RESEARCH
    REST
    RHEUMATISM
    SALVE
    SCIENCE
    SICK
    SICK BED
    SICKNESS
    SINUS
    SKELETON
    SKIN
    SNEEZE
    SORE THROAT
    SORES
    SPECIALIST
    SPINE
    STATISTICS
    STETHOSCOPE
    STOMACH
    STOOLS
    SURGEON
    SURGERY
    SURGICAL
    SYMPTOM
    TEACHING
    TEETH
    THEORY
    TONGUE DEPRESSOR
    TOOTH
    TOOTHACHE
    TRANQUILIZERS
    TREATMENT
    TRICHINOSIS
    TRUTH
    TUBERCULOSIS
    TUMOR
    URINALYSIS
    VACCINATION
    VIRUS
    X-RAYS

    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    PERMISSIONS
    SUBJECT INDEX
    AUTHOR INDEX

    Biography

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    "Substantial, well presented, and indexed book."
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    "An admirable text."
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