Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotation

Zusatztext If you wish to pepper a presentation or if you enjoy writing... then you will find much in this volume to quote. I haven't counted them in detail, but I estimate there are in excess of 1500 quotations arranged in two ways: by author and by subject. This makes it very easy to locate a particular quotation, and as the title indicates they are all concerned in one way or another with various aspects of medicine... This is an excellent book to have beside you when writing an article or preparing a lecture. The selection is scholarly and the presentation excellent. Klappentext The Oxford Book 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 hand considerable entertainment. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations is the one book that all doctors will want on their shelves. Packed with quotations both old and new, from the famous, and the not so famous, this book will be both a valuable reference work, and a source of considerable entertainment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Quotations Index

Product details

• Authors: Mcdonald, Peter McDonald
• Assisted by: Peter McDonald (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2004
• EAN: 9780198565987
• ISBN: 978-0-19-856598-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Oxford Medical Publications
• Subjects: Education and learning; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, REFERENCE / Quotations, Popular medicine & health, Popular medicine and health, Dictionaries Of Quotations, Quotations, proverbs and sayings