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Oxford Medical Publications
Oxford Dictionary of
Medical Quotations
Peter McDonald
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Dedication
To my late father George McDonald (1918–1983) whose love of words both ancient and
modern was as fine a legacy as any son could ask for.
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Preface
The
Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
is intended to be a rich source of quotations
covering a variety of medically related topics. Those selected have been deliberately kept
short in an effort to highlight the pithiest phrase or the sharpest insight. Some are witty,
some are maudlin, some merely factual. They have been selected on the basis of their use-
fulness to modern medical authors, journalists, politicians, nurses, physios, lecturers, and
even health managers, who will always have need to season their works with the clever or
witty phrases of former colleagues whose intuitions still say as much today as when they
were first published. Many reflect the compiler’s tastes and prejudices but there will be
something for everyone within these pages.
Browsing through many texts to find the most appropriate quotations to include in the
Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
has afforded an insight into both medical history as
well as the nature of the doctors and others who have chiselled these phrases. A glance for
the casual reader not looking for a specific quote will be rewarding in itself.
Quotations are listed under author, with an index of keywords that permits the reader
to access a number of quotes with the same keyword. Wherever possible, biographical
information about the author and whence the quote originated are included, although it
is acknowledged that there are several omissions in this regard. When the original source
is not clear, the secondary source has been substituted if it was thought useful for further
study for the reader. If the quotation was deened to merit a place in the
Dictionary
even
without full reference being available, it was included. Indeed, it is not necessary for an
author to be particularly well known to be in the dictionary if he or she had given birth to
a
bon mot
or a succinct phrase.
The majority of the quotations come from the English-speaking medical worlds of Great
Britain, Ireland, and North America but several quotes from other rich medical cultures
have been included in translation.
Whether readers are looking for a suitable quotation on surgery, science, kidneys, or
kindness, they should find much here to satisfy. Medicine is both the narrowest and broad-
est of subjects, and I have included examples of both the specific and the general. If I have
failed to find that favourite concise quote, please send it fully referenced and it will be
included in the next edition. Any corrections of birth dates and deaths will be most wel-
come and acknowledged in subsequent editions.
July 2002
Peter McDonald MBBS MS FRCS
Northwick Park and St. Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
pmcdo69277@aol.com

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