Medical Humor

While the human body represents an amazing array of functions and capabilities, there do seem to be a few, shall we say, design flaws. This light-hearted collection of 21 brief essays suggests some of those questionable designs and, in some cases, offers plausible alternatives.

The Doc, Patsy and all the Bilbury regulars are back in action - with some remarkably difficult diagnostic mysteries for the Doc to solve and a few ethical problems too. And there's also a student doctor and fun and games at the Duck and Puddle.

Bilbury Pudding, the seventh in The Young Country Doctor series, is a collection of stories, reminiscences, essays and anecdotes about life in the English village of Bilbury in North Devon, England. The book can be enjoyed whether or not you have read the other books in the series. All the well-loved characters are here: the Doc and Patsy, Thumper Robinson, Patchy Fogg, Peter Marshall and Frank and Gilly at the Duck and Puddle public house. But there are many new faces too. Some of the stories are poignant, some contain a message or two and some are just old-fashioned funny. In addition to ...

It's the 1970s and newly qualified GP Edward Vernon has taken a job as an assistant to an elderly general practitioner in a small town in the English midlands. It is his first job in general practice; his first brave excursion into the dangerous world where patients walk round in their clothes. Dr Vernon soon finds himself bemused, fascinated and exhausted as he copes with the procession of ailing humanity that streams into his surgery and awaits his visits. A confused old lady, timid vet, puzzled diabetic, lonely housewife, hypochondriac, tipster with an ulcer, nun with dandruff and a ...

This is the 11th book in The Young Country Doctor series by Vernon Coleman. Another collection of memories about the village of Bilbury and its inhabitants. All the usual characters are here. A stand-alone book which can be enjoyed by readers new to the series. The author, Vernon Coleman, is a qualified doctor who has written over 100 books which have sold more than two million hard back and paperback copies in the UK and been translated into 25 languages. Many of his books have been bestsellers and his novel Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War has been turned into an award winning movie. What the ...

How to Make RVUs Work for You (Without Losing Your Mind or Your Sense of Humor) By Janel Lynch, MD If you've ever stared at your productivity report wondering if RVUs are a billing metric or a form of ancient torture—this book is for you. How to Make RVUs Work for You, takes you on a hilariously honest journey through the world of Relative Value Units—the three-letter acronym that runs your clinical life (but no one ever taught you how to decode). With wit, wisdom, and a healthy dose of sarcasm, this book peels back the curtain on the most mysterious of healthcare performance measures. ...

Meet Peter Brown, a young Manhattan emergency room doctor with an unusual past that is just about to catch up with him. His morning begins with the quick disarming of a would-be mugger, followed by a steamy elevator encounter with a sexy young pharmaceutical rep, topped off by a visit with a new patient - and from there Peter's day is going to get a whole lot worse and a whole lot weirder.

The Truth Kills by Dr Vernon Coleman (who is himself a doctor) is the story of Harry Cassidy, a middle aged GP, and Molly Tranter, a young trainee doctor. Cassidy is a hard drinking, cynical bachelor who lives on malt whisky and pub food and puts two aspirin into a glass of whisky if he has a headache. He has fallen out of love with himself, with medicine and with life itself but his feelings of passion and purpose are rekindled by Dr Tranter, a well informed trainee who fights a courageous battle against the medical establishment on a point of principle. Cassidy is won over by her honesty ...

Dr Blake Marvel is working as a GP in England when he loses his job, his wife and his home. He take a job in Paris working as the resident doctor at a hotel catering to British and American tourists. Dr Blake is startled to discove he is also expected to look after the girls who work in the bordello next door. This novel by bestselling author Vernon Coleman is packed with curious medical stories, adventures in Paris and unusual encounters.

Rule #6 -Never look at your reflection in Mirror Lake. It feels so good to be bad… ~*~ When sweet and innocent good girl Piper Atwood gets an emergency vet call for her poor friend’s dog, Toto, she’ll stop at nothing to ease the little pup’s pain. Even if she has to go into Ursus Woods to get wolf’s bane to make a homemade herbal pain remedy, which in hindsight was probably a terrible idea… When an inadvertent peek into Mirror Lake unleashes a Wicked Witch and a whirlwind of magic, um… she realizes she’s definitely not in everyday Steamydale anymore. Especially after a ...

Another collection of memories from the English village of Bilbury, set in the 1970s. The book contains the usual mixture of medical and country stories and all the usual characters appear. A stand alone book which can be enjoyed by readers new to the series.

Very similar to Douglas Adams style with strong hints of Vonnegut. THIS BOOK IS FOR ALL AGES AND THEN SOME. Dr. Simmons, departing from his usual style, has written a story about the adventures of Dr. Alan Rossum, the world's first independent, plastic robot physician. His appearance is incredibly humanlike, plus he is movie-star handsome, and his manners are impeccable. His hands are warm. Or, cold, if need be. He is also fireproof, germ-resistant, self-cleaning, buoyant and shrink resistant. Robots such as Rossum are expected to lower the high cost of medicine and work through the night ...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A real giggle that shows age makes us have more fun! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you love Thursday, you'll enjoy Friday's murder club ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fast moving, water tight plot ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A huge amount of cozy fun A visit to the doctor can be a worry – but when Judith Spears is around, you know it will be murder. When an unidentified body is found in Little Pickton’s doctor’s office, it opens a can of worms with feuding colleagues, squabbling siblings, and a locked door mystery that has DS Collins and DC Eastly bamboozled. Luckily, poking her nose in where it ...

Ed Patrick is an anaesthetist. Strong drugs for his patients, strong coffee for him. But it's not just sleep-giving for this anaesthetist, as he navigates emergencies, patients not breathing for themselves and living with a terrifying sense of responsibility. It's enough to leave anyone feeling numb. But don't worry, there's plenty of laughing gas to be had.

In his hilarious book Getting into Practice, Edward Vernon (whose early years as a GP are described in Practice Makes Perfect and Practise What You Preach) describes his years at medical school. Still wet behind the ears, he found himself on a whirlwind tour through the seven ages of man and the 57 varieties of human nature. He has to learn how to examine real people, diagnose them without becoming emotionally involved and fend off the crises of confidence which await around every corner. The book is set in the 1970s and there will no doubt be some readers who might think that things were ...

This is the 12th book in The Young Country Doctor series by Vernon Coleman. All the usual characters are here in this collection of memories about the village of Bilbury and its inhabitants. A stand alone book which can be enjoyed by readers new to the series. The author, Vernon Coleman, is a qualified doctor who has written over 100 books which have sold more than two million hardback and paperback copies in the UK and been translated into 25 languages. Many of his books have been bestsellers and his novel Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War has been turned into an award winning film. For more ...

The 15th book in The Young Country Doctor series can be read in sequence or as a stand alone volume. This is, like all the other books in the series, an account of the life of a young doctor working in a village practice in a remote part of Devon, England. The book is set in the 1970s.

The Young Country Doctor Book 14 (Bilbury Days) is the 14th book in the series of Vernon Coleman's books about a country GP working in the English village of Bilbury in North Devon. The book describes the adventures of the local doctor and centres around his home, his wife Patsy, his animals and his friends Thumper Robinson, Patchy Fogg, Frank and Gilly who run the local pub (The Duck and Puddle) and Peter Marshall who runs the local shop. There are, as always, alarms, adventures and strange encounters. You do not have to have read the previous 13 books in the series to enjoy Bilbury Days.

The funniest, maddest, sexiest, rudest, wildest set of agony column questions and answers ever published. Widely praised by reviewers and readers for the wisdom and fairness of the advice - as well as the humour. The first of the `Penis' series. Vernon Coleman was for over a decade the best read agony uncle in the world. "Bliss! A whole book of sex problems...better and far funnier than the usual earnest piety. Rather compulsive reading." - The Guardian "Puncturing myths and is unafraid to shock. Very funny." - The Observer "A chortling good read." - For Women "It's a good read. Very funny ...

This is the second of Edward Vernon's books about a young GP. (Edward Vernon is a pen name of a well known British doctor/author.) Set in the 1970s, in a small town in the English midlands, the book describes the medical misadventures of a young, harassed GP who is learning on the job. There's the embarrassed vicar with the guilty secret, the private patient who pays him to keep her ill, a beautiful young patient who insists on being examined in the bath, a six year old marble swallower and an a difficult encounter with a patient who can't speak a word of English. A huge hit in the UK and ...