White Coat Tales

Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures

AvRobert B. Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

In the pages that follow, you will find a selection of medicine's scientific triumphs, clinical curiosities, insightful aphorisms, inventive m- monics, imaginative myths, and occasional blunders.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-09
Mått:155 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781441916198

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Medicinhistoria inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Robert Taylor is well known and highly regarded in the field of Family Medicine. Dr. Taylor has more than 14 years in private practice and 26 years in academic medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

Heroes, Diseases, and Remedies.- Heroes in Medical History ab[Abstract.- Diseases That Changed History.- Drugs and Other Remedies.- The Heritage and Culture of Medicine.- Medical Words and Phrases.- Whose Syndrome? Stories of Medical Eponyms.- Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms, Euphemisms, Jargon, and Slang.- Medical Aphorisms.- Memorable Medical Quotations.- Clinical Notes and Medical Misadventures.- Famous Persons as Patients.- Short Tales of Serendipity, Curiosities, Medical Trivia, Authorship, and Speculation.- Misadventures: Myths, Misinformation, Blunders, and Wrongdoing.- Now and Future Practice.