DEC 21, CATALOG of DOGGEREL (poems and parody-lyrics): MEDICAL and HEALTH ISSUES, ("Professionally Profound")

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1) Here's a list of links to collections of intriguing POEMS on medical/dental topics that can be found in posts on this blog. The shorter 'terse verses' of 1 or 2 stanzas are enumerated; the titles of additional longer poems with 3 stanzas or more ('brief sagas') are noted specifically in this tabulation.

 For the larger collections, grouped in multiple sets, you can follow further links at the bottom of the primary post to proceed from 'part #1' to the next set on that topic.

  

Bottom Line of Medical Humour     8 + "Word on GERD"

Basic Medical Science                           9 + "Hemianopsia", "Radiation Exposure"  

Cardiologic Tracings: AT HEART #1     8

                                                     #2     4

Clot, or Not to Clot                                5

Dental Feelings                                    10 + "Fluoridation"

Diagnostic Imaging                               7

Doctors and their Practices #1            8

                                             #2             7

Funny Bones    #1                                 8

                         #2                                 9

Handbook: Medical Testing Statistics  6 + "A Gram of Prevention"

Micro-nutrients                                     4 + "Beri-beri (B1 deficiency)"

Oncology Verses                                   8

Organic Brain Poetry                           8 + "Metabolic Delirium"

Pandemic Poetry   #1                           8      

                              #2                           6 + "Squid in the Time of COVID"

Parasites                                               7

Patients and their Maladies  #1          8

                                               #2          8

                                               #3          9

Pill-Popping Poetry                              5 + "Drug Development" 

Poetry of Healthcare                            4

The Scopes of Modern Medicine          6

Sleek Greek Prefixes  #1                     8

                                    #2                      4

STD Poetry                                            7

Toxic Vignettes                                     7 + "Methylated Spirits", "Workplace Pollution"

SUMMARY OF MEDICAL/DENTAL POETRY POSTS: In these 28 collections, we have accumulated over 200 of our poems, of average length 6+ lines each, along with plenty of explanatory notes and illustrative photos; mulling over this outpouring of 1,300 lines of doggerel-verse might be a good way to fill dull winter evenings. Join the party!  

2) Here's a list of links to PARODY SONG-LYRICS on medical/dental topics  found in posts on our companion blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense".

 In some cases the original tune used for the song-base of the satire might not be obvious to the reader, so we have listed them all below. 

Adenoma, a pair-ody                      "Mona Lisa" + "Buona Sera"

Avitaminoses                                "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

Flaking Out is What They Do        "Breaking up is Hard to Do"

Mel and His Hernia                        "Me and My Shadow"

Mergerwocky                                 "House of the Rising Sun"

Prostate Cancer                             "Love and Marriage"

Reflux Romp                                  "Java Jive"

R-I-C-E                                           "Y-M-C-A"

The Uniqueness of Nuclear           "The Elements" 

Under My Own Steam #1/#2       "I've Been Everywhere"

Where Has Neurosyphylis Gone?        "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"