Sunday, 21 November 2010

And the Answer Is..




So which book had this stingingly elegant introduction to its Fifth Edition? The Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Note to politicians; when you get critised in exclamation marks, no need to worry. When you get critised in subordinate clauses, semi colons and colons, be afraid. Be very afraid..

4 comments:

Jobbing Doctor said...

Well, that is most interesting.

Thanks for your detective work.

JD

Cockroach Catcher said...

Thanks for alerting us. More of us should put it on medical blogs. They cannot extinguish too many of us all at the same time.

Witch Doctor said...

Julie,

I tried to put a (rather long) comment up earlier but it seems to have bitten the dust. I was using a new computer and maybe pressed the wrong button and deleted it. Can't remember what I said now. Can you find it anywhere? Or is my decrepit brain going to have to think it all over again?

Julie said...

Thanks for passing it round guys. I have to give the credit to a doctor friend of mine who passed it onto me, for spotting it.

WD, didn't get your comment. I think you must have pressed the wrong button. Really annoying when you've done a big long comment, but it's Sod's law..