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

ISBN-13: 9780750306355 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 481 str.

Carl C. Gaither; Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither; C. Gaither

Opis

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.

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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
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CHEMISTRY
CHILDBIRTH
CHOLERA
CIRCUMCISION
COD LIVER OIL
COLDS
COMMON SENSE
CONSULTATION
CONTAGIOUS
CONTRACEPTIVE
CONVALESCENCE
COUGH
CURE
CURIOSITY
DEATH
DENTAL
DENTIST
DERMATOLOGIST
DIAGNOSIS
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DIAPHRAGM
DIET
DIGESTION
DISCHARGE
DISEASE
DISINFECTANT
DISSECTION
DOCTOR
DRAFT
DRUGGIST
DRUGS
EAR WAX
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
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EPIDEMIC
EPIDERMIS
ERROR
ESOPHAGUS
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EXPERIENCE
EXPERIMENT
FACT
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GYNECOLOGY
HEADACHE
HEALING
HEALTH
HEART
HIPPOCRATIC OATH
HIVES
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ILL
ILLNESS
INJURY
INSOMNIAC
INTERNIST
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INVALID
IT
JOURNALS
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KING'S EVIL
LIFE
LIVER
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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
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PILL
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PMS
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PRESCRIPTION
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RECOVERY
RESUSCITATE
REMEDY
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REST
RHEUMATISM
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SICK
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TEACHING
TEETH
THEORY
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TOOTH
TOOTHACHE
TRANQUILIZERS
TREATMENT
TRICHINOSIS
TRUTH
TUBERCULOSIS
TUMOR
URINALYSIS
VACCINATION
VIRUS
X-RAYS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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SUBJECT INDEX
AUTHOR INDEX

O autorze

C.C Gaither