The language of medicine, its evolution, structure, and dynamics

Plain English -- Medical English -- Our Classical Heritage: Latin, Greek -- A Museum In Words -- Historical Curiosities -- Borrowings From Modern Foreign Languages -- References To Literature And Mythology -- Geographic Terms -- Eponyms -- Modern Coinages, Abbreviations -- Trade Names -- Slang, Jargon And Gibberish -- Medicalese... -- Nursese -- Typistese -- Diseeases Of The Tongue -- Introductory Remarks -- The Wrong Word -- Latin And Greek -- Pronunciation -- Muddy Waters -- Verbosity -- Medical Writing -- Bibliography -- Index Of Words And Phrases -- General Index. John H. Dirckx. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 145-146.