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The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories
The Amazing Language of Medicine Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories
Author: Robert B. Taylor
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 th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9783319503271
ISBN-10: 3319503278
Publication Date: 2/6/2017
Pages: 238
Edition: 1st ed. 2017
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Paperback
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