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" White coat tales : "
Robert B. Taylor
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BL
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| Record Number
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597196
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GBA772691b426415
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| Main Entry
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Taylor, Robert B
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| Title & Author
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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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xv, 271 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780387730790 (alk. paper)
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: 0387730796 (alk. paper)
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: 9780387730806 (e-ISBN)
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: 038773080X (e-ISBN)
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Includes bibliographical references 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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History of Medicine
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Medicine-- History
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Medicine, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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610
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| LC Classification
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R133.T36 2008
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R133.T36 2008
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2008 A-011
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WZ 40T245w 2008
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