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

by Gaither; C.C.

• ISBN13: 9780750306355
• ISBN10: 0750306351
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Medically Speaking is a book of quotations on medicine, dentistry and nursing. It contains over 1500 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Abdomen	1	(1)
Abortion	2	(2)
Acupuncture	4	(1)
Adhesive	5	(1)
Allergy	6	(1)
Amnesia	7	(1)
Amputation	8	(1)
Anatomists	9	(1)
Anatomy	10	(3)
Anesthesia	13	(2)
Anesthetist	15	(1)
Antibiotic	16	(1)
Apothecary	17	(2)
Appendix	19	(1)
Artery	20	(1)
Back	21	(1)
Bill	22	(1)
Birth Control	23	(2)
Blindness	25	(1)
Blood	26	(2)
Blood Pressure	28	(1)
Body	29	(2)
Body-Snatcher	31	(1)
Brain	32	(2)
Cancer	34	(2)
Care	36	(1)
Cartilage	37	(1)
Castor Oil	38	(1)
Cavity	39	(1)
Chemistry	40	(2)
Childbirth	42	(1)
Cholera	43	(1)
Circumcision	44	(2)
Cod Liver Oil	46	(1)
Colds	47	(2)
Common Sense	49	(2)
Consultation	51	(1)
Contagious	52	(1)
Contraceptive	53	(2)
Convalescence	55	(1)
Cough	56	(1)
Cure	57	(5)
Curiosity	62	(1)
Death	63	(6)
Dental	69	(1)
Dentist	70	(7)
Dermatologist	77	(2)
Diagnosis	79	(4)
Diagnostician	83	(1)
Diaphragm	84	(1)
Diet	85	(2)
Digestion	87	(1)
Discharge	88	(1)
Disease	89	(8)
Disinfectant	97	(1)
Dissection	98	(1)
Doctor	99	(27)
Draft	126	(1)
Druggist	127	(1)
Drugs	128	(1)
Ear Wax	129	(1)
Electrocardiogram	130	(1)
Enema	131	(1)
Epidemic	132	(1)
Epidermis	133	(1)
Error	134	(1)
Esophagus	135	(1)
Examination	136	(1)
Experience	137	(3)
Experiment	140	(2)
Fact	142	(2)
Fee	144	(3)
Fever	147	(2)
Flu	149	(1)
Gall Bladder	150	(1)
General Practitioner	151	(1)
Germ Plasm	152	(1)
God	153	(1)
Gout	154	(1)
Gynecology	155	(1)
Headache	156	(1)
Healing	157	(2)
Health	159	(5)
Heart	164	(2)
Hippocratic Oath	166	(1)
Hives	167	(1)
Hospital	168	(3)
Hypochondriac	171	(3)
Hypodermic Needle	174	(1)
Ill	175	(2)
Illness	177	(2)
Injury	179	(1)
Insomniac	180	(1)
Internist	181	(1)
Intestine	182	(1)
Invalid	183	(1)
It	184	(1)
Journals	185	(1)
Kidney	186	(2)
King's Evil	188	(1)
Life	189	(1)
Liver	190	(1)
Lungs	191	(1)
Malady	192	(1)
Mal De Mer	193	(1)
Man	194	(2)
Measles	196	(1)
Medical	197	(3)
Medical Mnemonics	200	(1)
Medical Terminology	201	(2)
Medicine	203	(13)
Menstruation	216	(1)
Microbes	217	(2)
Microscope	219	(2)
Nausea	221	(1)
Nerve	221	(1)
Nouns of Multitude	222	(2)
Nurse	224	(5)
Nurse's Prayer	229	(2)
Nutrition	231	(2)
Observation	233	(1)
Ointment	234	(1)
Operation	235	(1)
Opinions	236	(1)
Oral Hygiene	237	(1)
Pain	238	(2)
Parasite	240	(1)
Patients	241	(5)
Pharmacist	246	(1)
Pharmacy	247	(1)
Physic	248	(3)
Physical	251	(1)
Physician	252	(29)
Physiologist	281	(1)
Physiology	282	(1)
Pill	283	(2)
Pimple	285	(1)
Pms	286	(1)
Pneumonia	287	(1)
Prayer	288	(3)
Prescription	291	(2)
Prognosis	293	(1)
Protein	294	(1)
Quack	295	(3)
Radiologist	298	(1)
Rapport	299	(1)
Recovery	300	(1)
Remedy	301	(5)
Research	306	(2)
Rest	308	(1)
Resuscitate	309	(1)
Rheumatism	310	(1)
Salve	311	(1)
Science	312	(4)
Sick	316	(3)
Sick Bed	319	(1)
Sickness	320	(4)
Sinus	324	(1)
Skeleton	325	(1)
Skin	326	(1)
Sneeze	327	(2)
Sore Throat	329	(1)
Sores	330	(1)
Specialist	331	(2)
Spine	333	(1)
Statistics	334	(1)
Stethoscope	335	(1)
Stomach	336	(1)
Stools	337	(2)
Surgeon	339	(7)
Surgery	346	(2)
Surgical	348	(1)
Symptom	349	(1)
Teaching	350	(2)
Teeth	352	(5)
Theory	357	(1)
Tongue Depressor	358	(1)
Toothache	359	(5)
Tranquilizers	364	(1)
Treatment	365	(2)
Trichinosis	367	(1)
Truth	368	(1)
Tuberculosis	369	(1)
Tumor	370	(1)
Urinalysis	371	(1)
Vaccination	372	(1)
Virus	373	(1)
X-Rays	374	(2)
Bibliography	376	(26)
Permissions	402	(3)
Subject by Author Index	405	(52)
Author by Subject Index	457