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Word: hilarities (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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Part of being nice is being simple. Truman recalls a colleague who told a patient: "You have an area of stringy shadows from your hilar region extending to the base, and I can hear a few crackles in your chest." Says Truman: "Actually, 'Aba-ca-dav-snaba-pooh' would have conveyed as much meaning to the patient [who had a mild bronchopneumonia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Rx for M.D.s: Be Nice | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

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