Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations (Oxford Medical Publications) [Hardcover]

Peter McDonald (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0192630474 | ISBN-13: 978-0192630476 | Publication Date: December 18, 2003

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.

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... absolutely fascinating ... It is impossible to open this book at any page without finding something that will interest or entertain you ... The rich and famous are certainly well represented in compilation and quite rightly so. Then there are real gems, including those from the most unlikely sources ... This book is a little treasure. The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists, 128 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. Dr Alan Emery ... clearly set out, sensibly sized and entertaining selection. The Lancet ... a spicy collection ... Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 96

About the Author

Peter McDonald, Consultant Surgeon, Northwick Park Hospital, London.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0192630474
• ISBN-13: 978-0192630476
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,421,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine collection, June 14, 2008

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This review is from: Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations (Paperback)

Every cultivated household should have this book to keep in the guest bedroom or the loo (or even cast casually upon a coffee table)! But read it first, there is lots of good stuff there.