Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations

visitors

V., footfalls are like medicine AFRI:2
V. are no proper companions JOHNS:55

vital

what they conceal is v. ANON:4

vivisection

V. is justifiable DARW:28

vocation

It is the special v. of the doctor WHITT:106

voice

no index of character so sure as the v. DISR:30

voices

I am always hearing v. WOOLF:107

walk

after supper w. a mile ENGL:33

walking

W. makes for a long life HINDU:46
as if I was w. on my eyeballs SMITH:94

war

must go to w. HIPP:47
while they do the fighting in w. EURI:34

ward

often in the same w. ANON:5

ward round

rise above the routines of the daily w. MCGE:63

wash

W. your hands often ENGL:33

washes

doesn’t matter how long one w. ANNA:3

washing

without previously w. the hands TALM:99

Wassermann

a millionaire with a positive W. ANON:4

water

Filthy w. cannot be washed AFRI:2

w. flowed like champagne EVAR:34

cleanliness lies in w. supply NIGH:73

Blood is thicker than w. PROV:82

Pure w. the world’s first SLOV:93

causes the w. to smell bad ZINS:108

wax

due to w. and is not curable WILDE:106

wealth

Health is better than w. ENGL:33

Wisdom and art, strength and w. HEROP:45

Health without w. is half a sickness ITAL:53

all classes are striving after w. MCCR:63

wear

It is better to w. out than to rust out CUMB:26

weariness

often leads to periods of w. SEEG:88

weary

delightful hiding place for w. men HEROD:45

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