British pulmonary physician and poet. Abse was born in 1923
in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He studied medicine first in Wales and then
at King's College, London. He published his first collection of poetry in 1948 and
qualified as a physician in 1950. Since then he has continued to combine his careers
as a physician and writer, aspects of his life that, together with his Jewish and
Welsh background, are integral themes in his poetry. Dr. Abse makes an emblem of
the white coat for the scientist/doctor and the purple coat for the poet. This concept
is so important for him that it is the title of his collected poems: "White Coat,
Purple Coat: Collected Poems 1948-1989."
A sample of Abse's poetry follows:
Today, an x-ray on this oblong light
Clear that was not clear. No pneumothorax,
No deforming thoracoplasty. No flaw.
The patient nods, accepts it as his right.
medical
dictionary, online medical dictionary, medical
terminology dictionary, free online medical
dictionary, medical dictionary, online medical
dictionary, medical terminology dictionary, free
online medical dictionary, dictionary medical,
dictionary medical online, dictionary medical
terminology, dictionary free medical online,
dictionary free medical, dictionary medical
terms, dictionary drug medical medicine,
dictionary health illustrated medical nursing
profession stedmans, dictionary English medical,
dictionary medical online terminology,
dictionary encyclopedia medical online,
condition dictionary medical, dictionary
medical, dictionary drug medical, medical
dictionary software, cyclopedic dictionary index
medical tabers thumb, medical dictionary, online
medical dictionary, medical terminology
dictionary
