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  2. How do you describe a person who loves everything natural when it...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/115343/how-do-you-describe-a-person-who...

    I am looking for a good adjective to describe a person who prefers natural medicine, who takes natural health products like nutritional supplements, herbal products, organic food whenever possible and stays away from synthetic chemicals or pharmaceutical drugs as much as possible. Thanks!

  3. Taste of one's own medicine: the logic behind the phrase

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/230452

    The moral of Æesop's fable is that dishonesty doesn't pay. If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson. The saying "a taste of your own medicine" comes from one of Æesop's fables. It's about a swindler who sells a concoction, claiming it can heal any illness.

  4. word choice - medical school vs faculty of medicine - English...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/460564

    In American English, however, "faculty" means the teachers at a school (of any level). If you say "I study at the faculty of medicine" it will confuse many people. "Medical school" is usually used specifically for graduate programs in America, while "the School/College/Faculty of Medicine" is probably the department of your university. 4-year ...

  5. What's the correct way of saying that one is pursuing a degree?

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/355154

    To exert oneself in order to achieve some goal: I enrolled in college last year and I am working toward a degree in medicine. To move something or someone in the direction of something or someone by exerting effort: I caught a large fish on my line and slowly worked it toward the boat.

  6. The difference between be aimed at and aim to?

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    Improve sharing and make sharing more efficient both sound natural. Also consider that information which aims at improving safety is pretty weak information. I would rather have effective safety information. Both sentences are poor because they are verbose and reinforce sharing sounds odd. These are better:

  7. Is it correct to write: "I would appreciate it if you could...

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  8. 4. As noted in etymonline and in previous answer, the word doctor has been in use in English since ca. 1300. Regarding the abbreviations you ask about, etymonline says: M.D., "1755, abbreviation of Latin Medicinæ Doctor "doctor of medicine." Ph.D, "attested from 1869; abbreviation of L. Philosophiae Doctor 'Doctor of Philosophy.'".

  9. Origin of "egg on my face" - English Language & Usage Stack...

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/23577

    Before Rockefeller monopolized petro-medicine people used numerous natural remedies like egg membrane to disinfect and heal wounds without scars. I just tried it, it dries onto the wound perfectly and camouflages it too. (In stead of the dark brown crust it is white and semi transparent.)

  10. What is the meaning of "Take medicine with meal"

    english.stackexchange.com/questions/249868

    If you take the medicine and immediately begin eating, you should have no problem. But there is always the possibility that after you took the medicine some unexpected interruption might occur, leaving you with the undesirable result of having medicine that you are supposed to take with a meal but instead is sitting in your otherwise empty stomach.

  11. Difference between “experiment on” and “experiment with"

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    My context is medicine. A commonly used phrase in medical history is that "physicians have experimented ON their patients since their profession began". The art of medicine began with empirical testing of techniques and natural chemicals ON patients. There was no science involved. Successes were reported, failures buried.