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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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Think of the layers surrounding the brain,
Spacing the bone from precious gray matter;
Serving as cushion, remembered as “pad”;
Pia, arachnoid—as well—dura mater.

Taken for granted these tissues though dear
Until a trauma shakes brain within skull.
Maybe instead inflammation occurs,
Causing neck stiffness and making one dull.

Fever and headache, confusion and more,
Many the symptoms of sad meningitis.
Give, then, some thought to meninges that range
Tip-top to tail in both presence and service.

Whether the fluid of spinal cord bath
Or natural floating of cord in canal,
Functions we see of these layers so meek
Tell of creator and wisdom past all.

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Authors

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

Photos and paintings by Patrice Beaumont

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