Ham, Lamb, Ram, Bull, Beef, and Bear: The Humor in a Lifetime of Medical Practice

Ham, Lamb, Ram, Bull, Beef, and Bear: The Humor in a Lifetime of Medical Practice by Booker, J. Judson, III, M.d.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781606726273.

From the time he entered medical school in 1963 until the present, Dr. Booker has been collecting humorous stories, anecdotes, quips, quotes, one-liners, and medical mispronunciations from patients, physicians, nurses, technicians, and others in the medical field. This burgeoning file eventually begged organization for publication, and, finally, in early 2008, with his partial retirement, Dr. Booker put it all together. This delightful book is the product of over forty-five years of medical practice from medical school, through post-graduate study, military service, and private practice. The humor is all the more engaging because it is set in a background of illness in which one would not expect such levity, but as noted by Romaine Gary, Humor is man s affirmation of dignity, his declaration of superiority over all that may befall him.