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" White coat tales "
Robert B. Taylor
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BL
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597195
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b426414
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| Main Entry
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Taylor, Robert B
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White coat tales : medicine's heroes, heritage and misadventures /\ Robert B. Taylor
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Springer,, c2008
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1 online resource (xv, 271 p.)
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| ISBN
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9780387730806
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: 038773080X
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9780387730790
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0387730796
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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Features various chapters that present the many tales of legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, insightful clinical sayings, famous persons and their illnesses, and epic blunders made by physicians and scientists. This book highlights what health professionals should know about the career path they have chosen
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Medicine-- History
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Medicine, Biography
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History of Medicine, Popular Works
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R133.T36 2008
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