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Wit and humor in medicine

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Works from the collections

6 works

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    Ha! : the science of when we laugh and why / Scott Weems.

    | Weems, Scott | Date: [2014]
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    Facetiae medicorum : the wit and humor of medicine in prose, poem and picture : gleaned from various sources and selected and reprinted from the files of "The doctor's factotum.".

    | Date: 1895
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    Doctors killed George Washington : hundreds of fascinating facts from the world of medicine / Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo ; foreword by David Colbert.

    | Barrett, Erin | Date: [2002]
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    A study of story telling humour and learning in medicine / Kenneth C. Calman ; foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov.

    | Kenneth Calman | Date: 2002
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    Laughing at cancer : how to heal with love, laughter and mindfulness / Ros Ben-Moshe.

    | Ben-Moshe, Ros | Date: 2017
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