White coat tales : medicine's heroes, heritage and misadventures / Robert B. Taylor.
- Taylor, Robert B.
- Date:
- 2008
- Books
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Publication/Creation
New York ; London : Springer, 2008.
Physical description
xv, 271 pages ; 25 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Heroes, diseases and remedies. Heroes in medical history -- Diseases that changed history -- Drugs and other remedies -- pt. 2. 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 -- pt. 3. Clinical notes and medical misadventures. Famous persons as patients -- Misadventures: myths, misinformation, blunders, and wrongdoing -- Now and future practice.
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Location Status History of MedicineBA /TAYOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780387730790
- 0387730796