Medical Latin assistance need - please please help

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tajrandhawa
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Medical Latin assistance need - please please help

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Hi

Im currently reading medicine in prague and have to study latin. I have a exam on monday which i need to pass. I have the exam paper (dont ask me how lol) but i havent got the first clue about it. Im emailing u asking if u could please please please help me. I need the answers. I know this is unorthodox but this is my last chance to stay in medicine. Can u please help. If u can email me as soon as u can i will forever be in ur debt. Taj

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If you can't do the work, choose another field.
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τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

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And these are our doctors? :shock:

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nostos wrote:And these are our doctors? :shock:
Well, they would be Prague's doctors...

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Post by arslongus »

annis wrote:If you can't do the work, choose another field.
Indeed. Hope his preparation for an appendectomy is a bit more complete...

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Post by benissimus »

Is this a joke? :? It's quite simple: amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant. See?
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae

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Post by nostos »

edonnelly wrote:
nostos wrote:And these are our doctors? :shock:
Well, they would be Prague's doctors...
I meant 'our' as in the human race. And I've got first hand doctor stories for ya if you need 'em :twisted:

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Post by strider »

I don't think cheating on an exam should be encouraged, and it is especially disturbing when it is done by someone aspiring to the medical profession. I'm no doctor, but I know that understanding correct Latin terminology can mean the difference between life and death (eg. instructions for the administering of medication) for a patient. It would therefore be a misguided kindness to assist Mr tajrandhawa in the manner he proposes. I'm inclined to agree with annis: If you can't do the work, choose another field: Somebody's life may depend on it some day...

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