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Part I. Problem: the illness: 1. Introduction; 2. The malaise of medicalmanuscripts; Part II. Solution: Symptomatic relief: 3. Guidelines to clearerwriting; 4. Is there a better word?; 5. Superfluous words; 6. Imprecise wordsand phrases; 7. Superfluous phrases; 8. Trouble with short words; 9. Use ofthe passive voice; 10. Consistency: number and tenses; 11. Circumlocution,metaphor and cliche; 12. Word order and pronouns; 13. Punctuation; 14.Constructing sentences; 15. Drawing clear graphs; Part III. Practice:recuperation: 16. Some examples rewritten; 17. Do the experts agree?;Appendix: examples to rewrite.