Blakiston's New Gould Medical Dictionary. A modern comprehensive dictionary of the terms used in all branches of medicine and allied sciences, including medical physics and chemistry, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, zoology and botany, as well as medico-legal terms; with illustrations and tables

摘要

Medicine depends increasingly on the written word. Though new knowledge is spread in private discussion and correspondence, the seeds of progress are sown, for the most part, by texts, monographs, treatises, and journals, and the best of these sources are read in every medically conscious country.