Medical Humor

Dr. Cyrus Mills returns to his hometown after inheriting his father's failing veterinary practice. Cyrus intends to sell the practice and get out of town as fast as he can, but when his first patient - a down-on-her-luck golden retriever named Frieda Fuzzypaws - wags her way through the door, life suddenly gets complicated. Cyrus gets caught up in a new community and its endearing residents, both human and animal. Sensing he may have misjudged the past, he begins to realize it's not just his patients that need healing.

Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree and little else in the way of worldly possessions, Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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 ...

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 ...

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.

A unique collection of thought provoking and entertaining stories, anecdotes, quotes and ideas presented in the true Victorian tradition.

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 ...

The first of four books about Mrs Caldicot. Mrs Caldicot is a widow who leads a revolution in a depressing nursing home. The novel has been filmed with Pauline Collins as Mrs Caldicot and John Alderton as the nursing home owner. Peter Capaldi plays Mrs Caldicot's son. This is the first Mrs Caldicot novel. (The second, which continues the story, is Mrs Caldicot's Knickerbocker Glory. The third book is Mrs Caldicot's Oyster Parade and the fourth is Mrs Caldicot's Turkish Delight.) Books and film have been widely praised. The Times described it as `Funny and poignant'. The Daily Express called...

This book is different to the others in the series because the pieces here were originally wriiten for a newspaper column. Everything in here is, however, set in Bilbury and involves the usual village characters (plus some new ones). `I have just read Bilbury Pie (recommended by a local library). I enjoyed it so much I read it like eating a box of chocolates - two or three chapters at a time to make it last and savour the flavour. I thank you for giving people pleasure and plenty of smiles.' - Mrs G, Banbury, England The author of Bilbury Pie, Vernon Coleman, is a Sunday Times bestselling ...

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 ...

In her twenty-five years as a primary care internist, Dr. Sally Burbank has seen everything---lunatics, criminals, hypochondriacs, and even a Cocker spaniel! By popular demand, she has penned a collection of humorous and inspiring true stories to forever capture these memorable encounters. The antics of a demented octogenarian and a dimwitted patient named "Bob" will leave you laughing out loud. Her disastrous attempts to combine medicine with motherhood will reveal a new side to ladies in lab coats. The inane ICD-10 codes and decisions of insurance companies will leave you shaking your ...

Disaster strikes during a long, relentless storm which batters the village and blankets the whole area in a thick covering of snow. The doctor nearly loses his life, and the village schoolteacher loses her cottage roof. The excitement really starts when the villagers join together to raise money to repair the devastated cottage. Vernon Coleman describes an old fashioned music hall evening (during which just about everything that can go wrong goes wrong), and one of the funniest cricket matches ever described is reported in Chapters 16 and 17.

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.

All these highly praised stories were first published in national newspapers and magazines ( eg Punch, Sunday Times, London Evening News etc) and are now collected in book form for the first time. Many of the stories were published in the 1960s and 1970s. None are about Bilbury. Most (though not all) of these stories have a twist in the tale. Some have a medical flavour. Some are pure fiction. Some are autobiographical. Some are a mixture of all of these. Vernon Coleman is the author of over 100 books which have sold more than two million hardback and paperback copies in the UK and been ...

The 13th book in The Young Country Doctor series. This book can be read alone or as part of the series. It describes the life, times and adventures of a young doctor working in the village of Bilbury in North Devon, England in the 1970s. In addition to the doctor's medical experiences the book also describes rural life in England and the sometimes bizarre happenings in the village.

The second book in the Mrs Caldicot series. 'A light hearted comedic novel with a serious message.' - WI Home and Country. 'Sequels have a tendency to fall flat - not so in this sequel to Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War. It's a humorous tale but has a deeper significance as the oldies battle with authority, adversity, greed and spite with hope in their hearts. It's sure to go down well with older readers. Smartly written, a comedy that sets you thinking, and uplifting too.' - Chester Chronicle The story of Mrs Caldicot - the woman who started a nursing home revolution. This is the sequel to Mrs ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Amelia Leighton is a young doctor working as a family doctor (GP) in a modern practice in London. She hates her work and doesn't much like her colleagues. The practice is rule-bound and bureaucratic. After she breaks the rules by visiting a patient at home, Amelia is given an official warning. She resigns and takes a job in a small, old-fashioned country practice where there is no mobile phone coverage and no appointments system. 'The Awakening of Dr Amelia Leighton' describes how a young doctor comes face to face with the past. But will it be her future?