Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins write by John Train. This book was released on 1980. Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A curious and amusing sampler of bizarre word origins details the origin, evolution, and current state of selected words whose meanings through the centuries have changed dramatically.
The Amazing Language of Medicine
The Amazing Language of Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Amazing Language of Medicine write by Robert B. Taylor. This book was released on 2017-01-23. The Amazing Language of Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 medicine’s 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 surfer’s eye, clam digger’s itch, and hide porter’s disease? This book can give you new insights into the terms we use every day in the clinic, hospital, and laboratory. Knowing a word’s 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.
Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Came From
Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Came From - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Came From write by Patrick Skipworth. This book was released on 2020-05. Literally: Amazing Words and Where They Came From available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This stunning picture books explores the extraordinary stories behind the global origins of some ordinary-seeming words Did you know that karaoke is an orchestra without any musicians, or that a companion is someone to share your lunch with? The stories behind everyday English words are a treasure trove of unexpected stories. Discover the global connections that have shaped the English language in this ingenious book packed with dazzling painted illustrations.
White Coat Tales
White Coat Tales - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook White Coat Tales write by Robert B. Taylor. This book was released on 2016-04-18. White Coat Tales available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new edition of White Coat Tales presents intriguing stories that give historical context to what we do in medicine today—the body’s “holy bone” and how it got its name, a surprising reason why gout seemed to be so prevalent several centuries ago, and the therapeutic misadventure that shortened the life of Eleanor Roosevelt. In addition to many new tales, this revised edition contains 128 illustrations, such as images of Baron von Münchhausen aloft with cannonballs and Vincent van Gogh’s portrait of his doctor showing a clue to the painter’s health. Read about legendary medical innovators, diseases that changed history, illnesses of famous persons, and some epic blunders of physicians and scientists. The author is Robert B. Taylor, MD, Emeritus Professor, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, and Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Taylor is the author and editor of more than 33 medical books. To see Dr. Taylor lecture on the history of medicine, go here: https://youtu.be/Zx4yaUyaPRA
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information write by Bathroom Readers' Institute. This book was released on 2012-05-01. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Extraordinary Book of Facts and Bizarre Information available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From cannibals to conspiracy theories to the origin stories of candy, a compendium of thousands of fun facts to read behind closed doors! Our readers asked for it, and here it is: Uncle John’s first collection of his greatest short facts and quick reading material. Open up to any page of Extraordinary Book of Facts and you might find a list of, say, obscure words (“exocannibals” eat enemies; “indocannibals” eat friends). Flip to another page and there’s a whole bunch of facts about how long things take (a yak’s gestation period: 258 days). On another page: kid facts (the average four-year-old laughs 400 times per day; grownups, about fifteen). Get smarter and laugh a lot more with this amazing collection that features thousands of great facts, plus word origins, myth-conceptions, conspiracy theories, and much, much more. Arranged for simple and speedy reference, this book is the perfect companion for trivia buffs and knowledge junkies everywhere!
