The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories

by Robert B. Taylor and Robert B. Taylor

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3319503278

ISBN13:9783319503271

Release Date:February 2017

Publisher:Springer

Length:238 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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