The New Yorker Book of Doctor Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of Doctor Cartoons Books
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The item arrived as described, but it took longer to ship than I was expecting.
Rating: 4 / 5
I like to read a whole lot of all kinds of cartoon books, I have everlastingly loved the amusing papers, and now here is a collection of amusing situations based on the numerous kinds MD’s that people deal with. I’m thought of showing this book to my own psychologist. He would get a kick out of this sort of thing, as he has got a fantastic sense of humor to converse in of himself, which helps a fantastic deal during our sessions. Anyway, like the rest of the “New Yorker” run, get this cool compilation soon. Each doctor’s office should have one for the amusement of the patients! Hey, how about one for dentists or veternarians as well?
Rating: 4 / 5
Perhaps it was my fault but I have given “New Yorker Books” of various cartoon theme matter in the past and have been delighted. This small book is tiny!! It’s about 4″ X 3″ and not a quarter of an inch thick. I would have been more pleased had I known in advance. There is nowhere in the copy that alludes to this surprise. Many of the tiny small cartoons are very amusing, but.
Rating: 1 / 5
First off, the book is tiny. I mean really tiny. It’s about 3 inches square. You can’t discern the mini size from the Amazon picture, so be prepared. And, correspondingly, the cartoons are very small and may be hard to read if your eyes are over 45 years of age.
The editors have culled together what are ostensibly the most humorous of the doctor-correlated cartoons from the New Yorker. Because humor is in the eye of the beholder, I can’t say if they succeeded. All I can say is that there were a few gems for me, principally those by Gahan Wilson and Charles Addams. The average entry made me smile a small on the surrounded by, but not much more than that.
The New Yorker Book of Doctor Cartoons can be helpful if you are in the position of needing doctor correlated visual humor on a fixed basis. I may possibly see this book of value to people who give presentations about health care, doctors, or medicine. I may possibly also see this book as a nice (but did I mention TINY) gift to give to the doctors in your life. Doctors who can laugh at themselves will appreciate the humor. I know. I laugh at myself all the time (and yes, I’m a doctor).
Even as not about doctors per se, an alternative to consider is: The Party After You Left
Rating: 3 / 5
I first exposed The New Yorker when I was a teenager. When I saw how many people subscribed to the magazine, I ongoing asking people why they did. Inevitably, the resolution was, “For the cartoons.” Since then, I have come to realize that The New Yorker is like the hall of fame for cartoonists.
I became interested in this book after reading the brilliant The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons. I was a bit disappointed in this book by comparison, which clarifies the four star rating. Even as the cartoons are terrific, the book would have benefited from having a fantastic introduction like the one that Christopher Buckley wrote for the money cartoons.
There are 86 pages of cartoons and over 90 cartoons in this book. Nearly all of them are outstanding.
The humor is aimed at both physicians and psychiatrists. In some way, the humor about the latter seemed more amusing than the former. “Does the doctor hug?” was one of my favorites.
The strong conservative bent of many physicians was well captured by one cartoon that said, “Doctor, you must stop addressing your Medicare patients as Pal.”
Lawyer humor, and the physician’s usual conerns about law suits are here, too. “The doctor’s lawyer will see you now.”
The questionable bedside comportment of some physicians and the quirks of patients were equally well represented in the cartoon that said, “Well, Phil, after years of vague complaints and imaginary ailments, we finally have something to work with.”
The ever-growing area of medicine came in for comment in this cartoon: “I’d like you to see a botanist. You exhibit many of the symptoms of Dutch elm disease.”
Finally, some humor was aimed directly at the profession. In a group of ducks, one says “Let me through. I’m a quack.”
A strength of this book is that it will certainly fascinate to patients and nurses. I also reckon that many physicians will like it, as long as they have a sense of self-deprecating humor.
Physician, heal thyself!
The book is brilliant in pointing out that private habits, the training of the physician, and philosophical opinions can interfere with delivering excellent medicine. Humor like this can be a tonic to help bust the stalls that those sources of misconceptions and miscommunications help make. Laughter is not only the best medicine, it can result in about better medicine.
Rating: 4 / 5