# Books of Interest to Medical Students

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 12, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929 "2009-01-12T16:38:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![wigwag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f1d935/32.png) [@wigwag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wigwag)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/1 "2009-01-12T16:38:50Z")

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Okay. Here’s another of those “I’m Sorry I haven’t a Clue”-ish threads. Can you name some?

I’ve got a few:

The Naked and the Dead  
The Old Man and the Seasonal Affective Disorder  
Of Mice and Meningococcal Bacteria

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/2 "2009-01-12T20:51:23Z")

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I was about to say “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” but then I realized yours are all _fake_ books and this is a thread about making puns and other wordplays…:smack:

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/3 "2009-01-12T20:59:34Z")

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The Wizard of Aahhhs, biography of a famous [ENT specialist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otolaryngology)

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/4 "2009-01-12T23:31:45Z")

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The Enema Within.

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**Author:** ![wigwag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f1d935/32.png) [@wigwag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wigwag)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/5 "2009-01-13T21:26:59Z")

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> I was about to say “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” but then I realized yours are all fake books and this is a thread about making puns and other wordplays…

Yeah, I guess I didn’t describe it very well, did I? Though I do love Oliver Sacks.

Okay, here’s another one:

Fahrenheit 98.6

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/6 "2009-01-13T23:32:09Z")

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In Cold Fresh Frozen Plasma

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**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-interest-to-medical-students/480929/7 "2009-01-14T05:14:34Z")

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The Old Man and the Seizure.

(I’m sorry.)