title: Winged words and chief complaints: medical case histories and the Parry-Lord oral-formulaic tradition.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ratzan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D012660:Semantics; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014956:Writing