Oxford Dictionary of Medical QuotationsOUP Oxford, 6. nov. 2003 - 224 strani The Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations presents a wonderfully entertaining and eclectic range of quotations covering all aspects of medicine through the ages. It couples profound statements from famous scientists with witty one-liners from the likes of Woody Allen and Spike Milligan. Packed with hundreds of quotations, it is a book that anyone in the medical profession, or with an interest in health, will find an invaluable source of reference and considerable entertainment. A few examples: "I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens." - Woody Allen "The only cure for sea-sickness is to sit on the shady side of an old brick church in the country." - English sailors' proverb "The nurse should never neglect to attend to the patient's bodily hygiene on the pretext that such measures do little good and are not urgent." - Florence Nightingale |
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... become their agents . Collier's Weekly 7 October ( 1905 ) Francis Heed Adler 1895–1975 US ophthalmologist and researcher , Philadelphia The faculties developed by doing research are those most needed in diagnosis . Transactions of the ...
... become their agents . Collier's Weekly 7 October ( 1905 ) Francis Heed Adler 1895–1975 US ophthalmologist and researcher , Philadelphia The faculties developed by doing research are those most needed in diagnosis . Transactions of the ...
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... becomes a fool. John. Arbuthnot. – Scottish physician and satirist The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; Infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living ...
... becomes a fool. John. Arbuthnot. – Scottish physician and satirist The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; Infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living ...
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... become the altar of future fame . Description of the first public demonstration of ether at the Massachussetts General Hospital , 16 October 1846 The heroic bravery of the man who voluntarily placed himself upon the table , a subject ...
... become the altar of future fame . Description of the first public demonstration of ether at the Massachussetts General Hospital , 16 October 1846 The heroic bravery of the man who voluntarily placed himself upon the table , a subject ...
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... becomes one . The Second Sex Ch . 2 ( 1949 ) There is no such thing as a natural death : nothing that happens to a man is ever natural , since his presence calls the world into question . A Very Easy Death So it was all modern and ...
... becomes one . The Second Sex Ch . 2 ( 1949 ) There is no such thing as a natural death : nothing that happens to a man is ever natural , since his presence calls the world into question . A Very Easy Death So it was all modern and ...
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... become antiquated so quickly. The Medical Sciences in the German Universities Pt II The physician can do all he has to do with speed and precision, but he must never appear to be in a hurry, and never absent-minded. The Medical Sciences ...
... become antiquated so quickly. The Medical Sciences in the German Universities Pt II The physician can do all he has to do with speed and precision, but he must never appear to be in a hurry, and never absent-minded. The Medical Sciences ...
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