The Hippocrates Code: Unraveling the Ancient Mysteries of Modern Medical Terminology

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The Hippocrates Code offers a thorough, linguistically-centered explanation of the rules of theterminological game, both for the language of medicine and for scientific vocabulary in general. Its carefulexposition of Latin and Greek linguistic principlesalong with a healthy dose of innovative exercisesempowers students to successfully employ the word elements that are the building blocks of modern medical terminology.

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"Innovative, well-conceived, and with real pedagogical, intellectual, and historical valuea very rare combination of merits in the ocean of available options for teaching medical terminology. An additional advantage of the book is the engaging, down-to-earth style of presentation. The abundance of curious facts about ancient medical practice and modern day references will appeal to the savvy and to-the-point pre-med student who does not have much time for highfalutin speech but is nevertheless hungry for new, less well-known information. Wholeheartedly recommended." Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, Dept. of Classics, Florida State University

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JC McKeown is Professor of Classics, University of WisconsinMadison.