My Medical Remake of Dr. Seuss's ABC Book

Theodor Seuss Geisel (affectionately known as Dr. Seuss) was born today in 1904. His books have delighted children and parents for generations, include my own. Thus, I pay tribute to Dr. Seuss with a medical version of his famous ABC book. I hope you enjoy it. If so, please share with others.


Big A
little a
What begins with A?
Aunt Aunnie’s angiography.
A..a..A

Big B
little b
What begins with b?
Basophil
baby
bone scan
and a
biopsy.

Big C
little c
What begins with C?
Cancer on the colon
C..c..C

Big D
little d
Dr. Dominic Doo
dreamed
a dozen discharges
and
a dentist too.

ABCDE..e..e
e. coli
edema
eosinophil
e
e
E

Big F
little f
F..f..F
Four fetid feces
on a
Fiber-feffer-feff

ABCD
EFG
Gram
Girl
Gynecologist
G…g…G

Big H
little h
Headache head
HEY!
Halloween is here
Hooray! Hooray!

Big I
little i
i..i..i
Intestines
are
irritable.
So am I.

Big J
littlej
What begins with j?
Jimmy Jolly’s
jaundice
and janiceps
begin that way

Big K
little k
kilogram-aroo
Kick a Kaposi's
sarcoma
and
Korsakoff’s too.

Big L
little l
Little Liter Lopp
Left loin.
Lower neuron
lacrimal drops.

Big M
little m
Many MRIs
are making
multiple sclerosis
and the myelin
mighty bright

Big N
little n
What begins with those?
nine neuropsychologists
and a neutrophil
and a nose.

O is very useful
You use it when you say
“Ophelia’s ophthalmologist
owns
an orange optometer today.”

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO…P

Pregnant Preeclampsia
Plasma in a pail
Peter’s poisoned poulty
And now
Protein’s in the pail.

Big Q
Little q
What begins with Q?
The quad
Queen of Quadriceps
and her
quadriplegia too.

Big R
Little r
Rosy Rehab Ridth
Rosy’s going running
With a low red cell distribution width.

Big S
Little s
Silly Shelley Smith
Saw a squamous lesion
And got
sick sick sick.

T…..T
t…..t
What begins with T?
Ten tired tapeworms
On the trunk of a tree.

Big U
little u
What begins with u?
Unmyelinated axons
and an
ultrasound too.

Big V
little v
Vera Vermis Vinn
is
very
very
very awful
taking vitamins.

W..w..W
wrinkle Wally Woo
washes Wendell Wiggins
who’s on the
Wall of Fame too.

The X chromosome is useful
if you want
to be a girl
X-rays comes in handy
All throughout the world.

Big Y
little y
Young yellow skin.
Yvonne did yoga
With the yang
But not the yin.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY..and…
Z
Big Z
little z
What begins with Z?
I do.
I'm a
Zinc Zafirlukast
as you can
plainly see.