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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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Through ages of injuries an agent
For cleaning out wounds revered
Was hydrogen peroxide resplendent
To many a parent concerned.

Remember how quick they applied it
When as a child you were hurt;
For owies and cuts, lacerations, 
A fizzing and stinging occurred.

New knowledge now of peroxide,
Serves warning but not good cheer.
Informing of action that inside
Doth kill more than it should dare.

Like “antibiots” for bacteria,
Destroying the bad and the good,
Peroxide of hydrogen is terror,
Through wanton destruction in ‘hood.

No doubt its cleansing prowess;
But cells beginning repair,
Like others we know as infectious,
Are crippled beyond compare.

Be careful of hydrogen peroxide;
It's not a friend of wounds.
Its action is indiscriminate;
No cells are left in tune.
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Authors

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

Photos and paintings by Patrice Beaumont

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