Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations

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The man ‘s desire is for the w. COLER:24
a w. as old as she looks COLLI:24
advice I would give to any young w. CURR:27
seven for a w., and eight for a fool ENGL:33
sail and a big-bellied w. FRAN:36
w. without man is body GERM:39
his hands the hands of a w. HALLE:42
for the best years of a w.’s life HARD:43
Knowledge of a w. whose back aches KAHUN:55
A w. is only a w KIPL:56
every w. has the same aura PAST:76
no w. ever produced a child PLUT:80
more important part in the life of w. SIGE:92
give a doctor less to do than one w. SPAN:95
than feeling a w.’s pulse STER:96
With the w., thinking and feeling WEIN:105


womb


From the w. to the tomb ENGL:33
it is the falling of the w. KAHUN:55
from his mother’s w.,
Untimely ripp’d SHAK:90


women


Statistics are like w. BILLR:13
but doesn’t know any w. DENNI:29
W. during the state of pregnancy HEBE:44
are very common in w. HEBE:44
more understanding than w. LUTH:62
talk about unemployed w. NIGH:73
numbers of w. perish after childbirth SEMM:89
to ourselves young men and w. STEIN:96
w. should be physicians STILL:97
Thin w. live long WELSH:105


words


Whenever ideas fail, men invent w. FISC:35


work


w. like hell and advertise BEYN:12
not obliged to w. until one is better BUTL:18
One doctor makes w. for another ENGL:33
Much of the world’s w. GALB:37
ennoble the most disgusting w. LAVO:59
to heal the sick—this is our w. OSLER:74
w. in teams, but are blamed POLL:81
appreciate that w., w., and more w. SEEG:88
applies himself steadily to his w. SUSR:97


workers


w. lose all sense of proportion OSLER:75

workhouses


sick are still in General Mixed W. ANON:5

working


have no w. hours KIPL:56

world


his presence calls the w. into question BEAU:10
whole of the living w. around us GALT:38
This is the boundary of the w. GREEK:41
Don’t think of retiring from the w. JOHNS:55
irremediable disease in the w. LATH:58
We come into the w. with the mark LESA:60

worry


to prolong life w. less CHU:22
W., doubt, fear and despair MACAR:63

worship


increasing w. of the instrument SEEG:89

wound


The w. is granulating well ANON:5
A w. heals but the scar remains ENGL:33
The irritation of the w. by antiseptic LISTE:61
The w. that bleedseth inward LY LY: 6 3
w. should be bound PFOL:78

wounded


to bayonet the w. ANON:3
A man w. in the abdomen dies MACC:63
A man deep-w. may feel too much ELIOT:32
He who scratches a scar is w. twice RUSSI:86

wounds


Million have died of medicable w. ARMS:6
deep w. ever closed without a scar BYRON:18

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