Humor:
Go ahead and give me the list and I'll confess as to whether or not I fell for these myths; if fact, how do I know that I'm not in the right? Aren't doctors known for their stubbornness?
Posted on December 21, 2007 11:04 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The playground ditty "Ring Around the Rosies" is thought to have referred to what epidemic?
Posted on December 16, 2007 5:39 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What better way to promote our citizen's intelligence than to give everybody an "A," right?
Posted on December 14, 2007 10:38 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
To the amazement of the scientific community, the study revealed that carbon dioxide emissions were one third lower during the time period the students spent taking the test.
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Posted on December 5, 2007 9:25 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here's a little post-Thanksgiving quiz for the gang to take - try guessing the correct answers regarding this research study from the University of California, San Diego. I'll even make this multiple choice... "Previous studies have suggested that _____________ increases...
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Posted on November 23, 2007 7:12 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Things Overheard in a Plastic Surgeon's Office: 1. "Doc, can you at least bring me down to an A-cup?" 2. "Yes, I'm pleased, but why does my husband keep asking me if I'm ready for my close-up?" 3. "I'm afraid...
Posted on November 9, 2007 10:43 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
Des Moines, Iowa, 1961 - Martin Polzhappel, a 25 year-old carpenter, visits his family doctor for yet another bronchial infection. Instead of giving him the usual intramuscular injection of lincomycin, today the doctor decides to try a new oral antibiotic...
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Posted on October 10, 2007 1:29 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Usually autopsists are more precoccupied with such tasks as shoveling the brains into a plastic bag or playing kick-the-can with the detached leg.
Posted on September 20, 2007 1:29 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
6. "She said she was still constipated so I gave her an extra dose."
Posted on September 18, 2007 6:15 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Wee-Dram-Upon-the-Rocks, Scotland, 1768 - Dr. Fergus McGregor, a well-known general practitioner from Edinburgh, has moved to this charming village in the Highlands in order to escape the overwrought lifestyle of the city. He announced his decision to his wife on...
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Posted on August 28, 2007 8:26 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Things you don't want to hear while interviewing a new patient: 1. "Oh, I must have forgotten to write that down." 2. "My neighbor swears by it so I started last year." 3. "My father? Uh, he died young." 4....
Posted on August 17, 2007 8:04 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
One of the proudest traditions in the health care field is the delivery of "good news and bad news." The following examples were culled from Lamplighter's Smile When You Say That: How to Develop a Gentle Bedside Manner, 2nd edition....
Posted on July 19, 2007 8:48 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Near the Dordogne River, Southwest France, 14,207 B.C. - The inhabitants of a new settlement along the river have become ill. Several months ago they settled near the present-day village of Montignac after a long hegira to free themselves from...
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Posted on July 13, 2007 9:44 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Now that years have passed since I first encountered the mystic chords of swamihood I realize I have developed the ability to identify one who is practicing the swami lifestyle.
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Posted on June 29, 2007 3:43 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Things you don't want to hear from your hospital nurse: 1. "Oh, do we have a big surprise for you today!" 2. "Let's see if I've got this straight - you're on for a castration at 1:00, right?" 3. "Here,...
Posted on June 13, 2007 6:17 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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 on May 25, 2007 9:05 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
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Posted on May 22, 2007 4:17 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today we pay tribute to the dual congruencies of American cinema and psychiatric disorders.
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Posted on May 2, 2007 9:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was so impressed by the thoughts of Leonard I took the liberty of altering them slightly, if only to serve as an updated guideline for budding physicians everywhere.
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Posted on April 29, 2007 8:38 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
1981, Columbus, Ohio: Third year medical student Bryan Sasser begins his radiology rotation at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is assigned to Dr. Lloyd Vanderspiegle, Professor of Radiology, who has been working alone the past four years...
Posted on April 19, 2007 8:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Three weeks later a prominent surgeon, Sir Norwood Holsapple, purchases a similar stethoscope from Leared and discovers that the tubing connecting the diaphragm with the earpieces melts in the summer heat.
Posted on April 12, 2007 4:38 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It was the fear of Sir William's critical gaze that led interns to create what is now called the "V. A. neuro test," which consists of asking the veteran to take a urine cup, go into the bathroom and bring back a specimen.
Posted on April 9, 2007 8:38 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Things you don't want to hear in the Operating Room: 1. "My wife made this incredible cabbage and baked bean casserole last night." 2. "Doctor, why is there an "X" on the patient's other leg?" 3. "Nurse, would you bring...
Posted on March 30, 2007 8:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today, however, unless I was ready to squeeze through the laboratory window, which might have created a stir from the pedestrians below, I was trapped.
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Posted on March 23, 2007 7:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I looked forward to this luncheon with the same amount of zeal Richard III would have if invited to a picnic on Bosworth Field.
Posted on March 21, 2007 7:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...therefore, I have constructed an informed consent document that may help potential automobile buyers before signing on the dotted line.
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Posted on February 23, 2007 12:00 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"No, actually it's ____________ (insert one of the following: 'Friday,' 'February,' '2007,' 'the planet Earth,' 'a rectal thermometer')
Posted on February 16, 2007 12:19 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
11. "Her family is curious as to why all of a sudden she knows the words to 'Barnacle Bill the Sailor'."
Posted on February 7, 2007 8:18 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As 2006 draws to a close I believe it is appropriate to list a few New Year's resolutions in the hope that they inspire the gentle reader to probity, if not an appearance on Oprah.
Posted on December 29, 2006 8:39 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My name's Percival Clive Woolfardisworthy. I'm a private eye. More specifically, I'm a non-board certified hematologist in private practice, but I like to think of myself as a shamus, not to mention I wish my name was Sam Spade instead of Percival Clive Woolfardisworthy.
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Posted on November 10, 2006 10:26 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here are some of the latest headlines from the blue and white orb majestically do-si-doing in some obscure galaxy so remote not even a Klingon war fleet could find it if they flew right under its nose. Your attention please:...
Posted on July 7, 2006 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
