"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
My archives are located at Archives of the Cheerful Oncologist, Volume 2
May 30, 2007
Category: The Art of Medicine
What's more disturbing, a frustrated patient or a frustrated oncologist? I only bring this up because I had one of those days at work today where it seemed legions of smartly dressed nurses, secretaries, pharmacists and lab techs were conspiring...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:33 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 29, 2007
Before donning that stylish and flattering bathing suit let us review some lessons on summer water safety...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:33 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 25, 2007
Category: Humor
Things You Don't Want to Hear During an Ambulance Ride to the Hospital 1. "Sir, would you like some music?" 2. "Wait! I think we forgot the defibrillator!" 3. "Relax, willya...this is a shortcut." 4. "Now, you're not going to...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:05 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 22, 2007
Category: Humor
San Diego, 1932 - Dr. Philip J. Hooley, a popular otolaryngologist, is enjoying a round of Saturday afternoon golf with friends when he is approached by a club valet with an urgent message. Little William Mackapease, six years old and...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 4:17 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 21, 2007
Category: Commentary
There aren't enough doctors in the world to solve this problem. Someone needs to wake up the Chinese Minister of Health before the word "dystopia" acquires a new meaning.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:51 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 20, 2007
Category: Literary
Walt Whitman (1819-1892), regarded as one of our nation's greatest poets, broke many barriers with his writing, resulting in criticism, controversy and of course worldwide and everlasting fame. His use of freestyle verse, his audacious (for the times) description of...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:19 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 16, 2007
Category: Commentary
Suddenly tens of millions of men in this country stop in their tracks and strain to hear the voice on the radio:
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 10:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 15, 2007
Category: Commentary
I suppose I could tell Jeeves to tell the cook to prepare a fish dish every Monday and Thursday - or maybe I should just hold off until I need glasses...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:13 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 14, 2007
Category: Commentary
As with many clinical trials one can skillfully spin the data into a silky reassurance that none of us will ever die if we take the correct pills. Critics, though, will undoubtedly point out key flaws in the fabric.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:03 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 10, 2007
Category: Patient Advocacy
No software program, central planning committee or even nationalization of the health care industry will ever reassure patients that the danger is over.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:45 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 9, 2007
Category: Patient Advocacy
The following day she was told that she had received a lethal dose of chemotherapy. She died 22 days later when artificial life-support was withdrawn.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:51 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 6, 2007
Category: Lyrical
When you strode over the horizon with your promises we loved you, Spring, but you've stayed too long.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:33 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 4, 2007
Category: Commentary
The truck was in front of a disabled car and had its emergency lights flashing when Hancock's vehicle hit it, killing the 29 year old relief pitcher instantly.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 12:26 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 2, 2007
Category: Humor
Today we pay tribute to the dual congruencies of American cinema and psychiatric disorders.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 1, 2007
Category: Commentary
Can you guess what this amazing member of the Sumac family is?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 1:09 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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