The Cartoon Book of Medical Word Origins by Ray Poritsky

The Cartoon Book of Medical Word Origins

Ray Poritsky

108 pages missing pub info (editions)

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These cartoons illustrate the etymology of medical terms, especially the names for parts of the human body such as muscle. The word muscle originally meant "little mouse." Supposedly, the ancients thought that contracting muscles looked like littl...

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