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Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories 1st ed. 2017 [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, aukštis x plotis: 235x155 mm, weight: 3985 g, 96 Illustrations, color; 43 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 238 p. 139 illus., 96 illus. in color., 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Feb-2017
  • Leidėjas: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319503278
  • ISBN-13: 9783319503271
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 238 pages, aukštis x plotis: 235x155 mm, weight: 3985 g, 96 Illustrations, color; 43 Illustrations, black and white; XXII, 238 p. 139 illus., 96 illus. in color., 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Feb-2017
  • Leidėjas: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319503278
  • ISBN-13: 9783319503271
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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 medicines 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 surfers eye, clam diggers itch, and hide porters disease?





This book can give you new insights into the terms we use every day in the clinic, hospital, and laboratory. Knowing a words history assists in understanding not only what it means, but also some of the connotative subtleties of terms used in diagnosis and treatment. The Amazing Language of Medicine is intended for the enrichment of physicians, other health professionals, students, and anyone involved in clinical care and medical science.

Recenzijos

The Amazing Language of Medicine is an enjoyable and educational sojourn across the linguistic medical world. it would certainly give medical professionals a greater appreciation for the rich history that medicine and its eclectic language and terminology offer us. (Arek V. Melkonian and Audrey Shafer, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 126 (5), May, 2018)

The text is generously enriched by an eclec­tic array of illustrations, most in color and all with helpful public domain citations. It is a treasury of notes and anec­dotes, a companion to study and life in medi­cine. This book offers curious readers a resource for work-work balance by enriching their professional lives and deepen­ing their sense of history, discovery and mean­ing. (William R. Phillips, Family Medicine, Vol. 54 (4), April, 2018)

The Amazing Language of Medicine: Understanding Medical Terms and Their Backstories, is an etymological, philological, and historical work that entertainingly elucidates esoteric origins of selected medical vocabulary without the constraints, bulk, or boredom of traditional medical dictionaries. Taylor's Amazing Language of Medicine, might be just the right medicine to refresh and rejuvenate one's workaday practice while expanding one's understanding of medical history in a significant way. (Ira Rezak, The Pharos, 2017)

1 About Medical Words and Their Origins
1(8)
2 Medical Words with Mythological Origins
9(18)
3 Descriptive Medical Terms: Activities, Actions, and Appearances
27(26)
4 Medical Words from Various Languages
53(24)
5 Medical Words Linked to Places
77(20)
6 Medical Metaphor, Simile, and Onomatopoeia
97(24)
7 Eponymous and Honorary Medical Terms
121(28)
8 Medical Authorisms and Their Creators
149(24)
9 Medical Words with Intriguing Origins
173(24)
10 Medical Words with Confusing and Controversial Origins
197(24)
Acknowledgements 221(2)
Bibliography 223(2)
Index 225
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, MD

Professor Emeritus

Department of Family Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University

School of Medicine

Portland, Oregon, USA

And

Professor 

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, Virginia, USA