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""The American Pocket Medical Dictionary"" serves as a comprehensive and portable reference tool for healthcare professionals and students, offering a window into the medical landscape of the early 20th century. Edited by Newman Dorland, this work provides clear and concise definitions of thousands of terms across various branches of medicine, surgery, dentistry, and nursing. Its compact design was intended for quick consultation in clinical settings, making it an essential companion for those navigating the medical science of the era. This thirteenth edition highlights the linguistic and scientific advancements of its time, capturing the specific terminology and diagnostic concepts prevalent in the 1920s. Readers will find detailed entries on anatomy, pathology, and therapeutics, reflecting the standards of medical education and practice during a transformative period. As a significant work of medical literature, ""The American Pocket Medical Dictionary"" remains a valuable resource for historians, researchers, and those interested in the evolution of clinical language. Its enduring utility is a testament to the meticulous scholarship involved in cataloging the complex vocabulary of the healing arts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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