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White Coat Tales

Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures

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Authors:
  1. Robert B. Taylor

    1. Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, USA

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  • What health professionals should know about medical history

  • Written by a distinguished leader in medical education and highly respected author of over 23 medical books

  • Stories that put today's medical practice into perspective

  • Insights into the history, language and culture of medicine

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Heroes, Diseases, and Remedies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Heroes in Medical History ab[Abstract

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      Pages 3-30

    3. Diseases That Changed History

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      Pages 31-50

    4. Drugs and Other Remedies

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      Pages 51-63

  3. The Heritage and Culture of Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Medical Words and Phrases

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      Pages 67-86

    3. Whose Syndrome? Stories of Medical Eponyms

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      Pages 87-102

    4. Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms, Euphemisms, Jargon, and Slang

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      Pages 103-118

    5. Medical Aphorisms

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      Pages 119-135

    6. Memorable Medical Quotations

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      Pages 136-150

  4. Clinical Notes and Medical Misadventures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Famous Persons as Patients

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      Pages 153-174

    3. Short Tales of Serendipity, Curiosities, Medical Trivia, Authorship, and Speculation

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      Pages 175-198

    4. Misadventures: Myths, Misinformation, Blunders, and Wrongdoing

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      Pages 199-230

    5. Now and Future Practice

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      Pages 231-245

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 247-271
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About this book

Ifyou wantto understandtoday,you have to search yesterday. Pearl S. Buck (1892 1973) I begin this book with a premise: If there is a human endeavor that is richer in tradition, culture, and idiosyncrasies than medicine, I don't know what it is. What you are about to read presents some of these treasures tales of the epic scientific discoveries as well as some behind the scenes medical anecdotes. In the pages that follow, you will find a selection of medicine's scientific triumphs, clinical curiosities, insightful aphorisms, inventive m- monics, imaginative myths, and occasional blunders. In short, the book tells what physicians didn't learn in medical school, but probably should have. But the book is not intended solely for physicians. The tales that follow should be enlightening for all involved in medicine, including the diverse panorama of health professionals, and also anyone who has ever been a patient in a doctor's office or hospital.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, USA

    Robert B. Taylor

About the author

Robert Taylor is  well known and highly regarded in the field of Family Medicine. Dr. Taylor has more than 14 years in private practice and 26 years in academic medicine.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: White Coat Tales

  • Book Subtitle: Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures

  • Authors: Robert B. Taylor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73080-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1619-8Published: 09 December 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73080-6Published: 28 April 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 272

  • Topics: History of Medicine

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