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Amusing verses that shine a light on mostly medical and grammatical topics

​When proofreading with an eye to perfection, there really is no substitute for good research. While one is always guided by the client's stated preferences regarding style, there is also a baseline understanding that serves as the foundation against which required differences are compared.

I will be offering some home-grown verses here that may be helpful for keeping certain basics in mind while adapting to the guidelines of a specific project, whether under the umbrella of CMOS, AP, APA, MLA, or other guidance.

They are not intended to be comprehensive regarding any particular issue. Rather, the purpose is to draw attention to identifiable aspects that are worth noting and make them memorable.

I think of these verses tongue in cheek as "Grammar Grist." Others that you find here will be more along the lines of "Medical Musings"; some might even qualify as a combination of the two.

It'll be fun. So, let's do it. Share the cheer everywhere.


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The sick complain of but one thing;
For healthy folk, it's everything.
This paradox discomforting
On “wellness”  leaves us wondering.

Perspective such by doctor held
Would host a certain wariness 
Toward the patient more replete
In voicing ailments to address.

Regardless ill or problem nil,
Beware the scope of medical eyes.
Technologies and will to find
Mean endless clues to scrutinize.

‘Tis better then to slightly curb
Elaborating tendencies 
That mention all and everything
And miss the forest for the trees.

Some docs have said, though tongue in cheek,
"There's never a  patient truly well;
They’re simply not “worked up” enough!"
It's not a tale we'd wish to tell.

So health is more than lack of ill,
And wellness means an attitude.
If best of life we wish to have,
The heart must favor healthitude.

Authors

Literary posts by Duane Beaumont, M.D., Ph.D.

Photos and paintings by Patrice Beaumont

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