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Robert B. Taylor

The Amazing Language of Medicine

Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories

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This book tells the intriguing and often colorful stories of the medical words we use. The origins of clinical and scientific terms can be found in Greek and Latin myths, in places such as jungles of Uganda and the islands of the Aegean Sea, in the names of medicine's giants such as Hippocrates and Osler, and in some truly unlikely sources.In this book you will learn the answers to questions such as:. What disease was named for an American space flight? . Do you know the echoic word for elephantine rumbling of the bowels?. What drug name was determined by drawing chemists' notes out of a hat?. What are… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-319-50327-1
  • EAN: 9783319503271
  • Produktnummer: 21726864
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 260 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.4 cm 400 g
  • Auflage: 1st ed. 2017
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 400

Über den Autor


Robert B. Taylor, MD, Emeritus Professor, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Taylor is the author and editor of more than 35 medical books. Robert B. Taylor, MDProfessor EmeritusDepartment of Family MedicineOregon Health & Science UniversitySchool of MedicinePortland, Oregon, USAAnd Professor Department of Family and Community MedicineEastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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