Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations

by PeterMcDonald (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.18

  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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  Paperback
  2004

  $30.16

  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