THE WORDS OF MEDICINE: Sources, Meanings, and DelightsCharles C Thomas Publisher, 1 sty 2000 - 440 This book is a history of the medical vocabulary presented in topical (rather than dictionary) form. While most other books on medical words are arranged as dictionaries, rather than topically, and are much more selective in their presentation, this book entertains a comprehensive and historical approach to the subject. It is written primarily for physicians, biomedical scientists, and medical students, but should also appeal to anyone in the health professions or biological sciences with a 'feel' for medical history and the English language. It will also be useful to some teachers of English or linguistics. The idea of the book developed over at least a decade, and brings together for the author a lifelong interest in words, classical and modern languages, and the history of medicine. The purpose is not only to foster the more precise use of the language of medicine by doctors and biomedical scientists, but also to enhance their enjoyment of the vocabulary they use professionally on a daily basis. Readers will find that the book contains a wealth of knowledge and provides for some very pleasurable reading. |
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Living Pieces of Dead Languages Suffixes | 41 |
Medicine in ActionLatin and Greek Verbs | 54 |
Flowering Roots Latin and Greek Adjectives | 67 |
The Imagery of Medicine The Natural Order | 79 |
The French Connection The Gallic Legacy | 211 |
The Wide World of Words Borrowings from Hither and Yon | 222 |
Eponyms Myth Religion and Worship | 236 |
Eponyms People Patients Protagonists and Places | 252 |
Eponyms Anatomy the Visual Science | 268 |
Eponyms The Physicians Art | 283 |
Eponyms Some Ills that Man is Heir To | 298 |
Modern Materia Medica The Drugs of Today | 312 |
The Imagery of Medicine Carnival of the Animals | 92 |
The Imagery of Medicine This Green Earth | 110 |
The Imagery of Medicine Home and Hearth | 124 |
The Imagery of Medicine Life as It is Lived | 141 |
The Imagery of Medicine Passions and Preoccupations | 157 |
Latin Redivivus et Vivens Medical Latin Then and Now | 172 |
Different Words Different Times Medical Words of Yesteryear | 187 |
Herbs Simples and Potions Yesterdays Pharmacopeia | 200 |
Long Phrases to Short Abbreviations Acronyms and Mnemonics | 326 |
Some Practical Pointers | 344 |
Quo Vadis? | 357 |
Epilogue | 373 |
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