Pronouncing Medical Lexicon With Addenda Second Edition

Author : Charles Harley Cleaveland
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ISBN 13 : 9781331041856
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book Pronouncing Medical Lexicon written by Charles Harley Cleaveland and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pronouncing Medical Lexicon: Containing the Correct Pronunciation and Definition of Terms Used But when it is recollected that heretofore no attempt has been made by any author of an English Medical Lexicon, to give the pronunciation of medical terms, only so far as to indicate the accent, we ought rather to be astonished that more errors have not obtained than are met with. Students heretofore have had no guide in this regard, except the usages of their preceptor and the Professors of the Colleges, who also have sometimes failed to be entirely reliable, and hence the amusing mistakes so often discoverable in their conversation. A knowledge of the Phonotypic alphabet, which they can acquire in a few hours at the farthest, will enable them to entirely conquer all the difficulties in the way of a correct pronunciation. The definitions in the pages of this work have been made as brief as clearness, definiteness and accuracy would allow, and for the following reasons. No one expects to learn all he wishes to know upon any professional subject by a simple reference to his Dictionary. With a library at his command, he expects from his Lexicon to obtain the meaning, and the pronunciation of the terms employed by the author, and only for this does ho consult its pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.