Hardin’s Browsing Collection
The Hardin Library Browsing Collection is located on the 3rd floor of the library, west of the main entrance. Below are a few of the many titles available for your reading pleasure.
The doctor’s quotation book: A medical miscellany, Wilkins, Robert (ed), New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1991. Browsing R705 .D63 1992
“This is not a collection for the faint of heart, but touches on the reality of the practice of medicine, both from the providers’ and the patients’ viewpoints.”
Literature Annotations“Over three hundred quotes - witty, macabre, insightful and ill-considered - on the medical profession, from John Keats, Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, Robert Burton, etc. With period illustrations in b/w.”
Bibliopolis
Mould’s medical anecdotes, Mould, Richard F., New York, NY: A. Hilger, 1989. Browsing R705 .M68 1984
More of Mould’s medical anecdotes … suitable for after dinner, recommended as a tonic for the general public, can be taken with alcohol, cures boredom …., Mould, Richard F., New York, NY: A. Hilger, 1989. Browsing R705 .M69 1989
“The bizarre coincidence, the scientific oddity, the edifying and instructive historical anecdote, the quack remedy, the pithy little quote; they’re all in here, collected, apparently, in an utterly random yet charming manner.”
BMJ
Bedside manners : an anthology of medical wit and wisdom, Ballantyne, John (ed), London: Virgin, 1995. Browsing PN6231.M4 B35 1995
“It contains not the conventional wisdom of a medical textbook, but rather the ideas of such diverse contributors as Somerset Maugham, Jeffrey Bernard, Chekhov, P.G. Wodehouse, John Updike, Mel Smith, Gryff Rhys Jones, Spike Milligan, Louis Pasteur and Florence Nightingale.”
Amazon.com UK“This book gives keen insights into sickness and health from a dazzling parade of writers, scientists & doctors. There are humorous anecdotes, reports from tragic episodes, first hand accounts of medical innovations and discoveries.”
HealthLibrary.com
Aphorisms & quotations for the surgeon, Schein, Moshe (ed), Harley, Shrewsbury, UK : tfm Publishing Ltd., 2003. Browsing RD27.34 .A63 2003
“This book brings a medley of over 1500 aphorisms, quotations, and rules — by surgeons and non-surgeons — about surgery, surgeons and anything which may be relevant to the practice of surgery. It should gratify all potential tastes as the book includes ancient as well as contemporary entries, formal and colloquial, pronounced by surgical giants or anonymous — only guide by the prerequisite that the entry appeals to the surgical soul.”
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