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Dr. John Cocker
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Emphysema 101
by Dr John Cocker
At the medical school I attended, Professor Christie was a star teacher. He could made complicated subjects logical and easy to understand. When he left and went to McGill, it was a sad loss.
He would take a subject, and go right through it from history, aetiology, symptoms, signs, pathology, treatment all in an hour, and usually with a patient who had been co-opted for the occasion.
For his lecture on emphysema, he chose a middle age man of ruddy complexion who had completed a career in the coal mines Read more ...
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Explosive views
Letter from Dr. G.J. Philippson, B.C.
It happened in the pharmacology class, under Dr. Foulkes, a no-nonsense taskmaster in whose class the main activity was note taking. One day he arranged as a special treat, a demonstration of the explosive nature of anaesthetic gases. The demonstration took place in the pharmacology lecture room, a converted Army hut.
The anaesthetic machine was placed in front of the class, with the standard tanks of nitrous oxide, oxygen and cyclopropane. On the table was a plastic bag, much like the modern day baggie. The idea was that he would inflate the bag with gas, then pass an electric spark through it. Read more ...
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Hungarian CPR
by Dr. Radu Puscas
This bizarre story happened last month on a vacation to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
I was on the beach with my wife and two beautiful daughters when we suddenly noticed a group of people shouting, amassed around a person lying on the sand.
My Urgences Sante reflexes surfaced in an instant and when I rushed over I saw a 70ish old man to whom CPR was being administered.
While leaning over the man, crying out in English and then in French to see if someone had a story to give me, I noticed that he was not cyanosed at all. I started assessing the ABC's while continuing to shout in English and French to see if anyone was in charge, could give a history, or anything at all! Read more ... |
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Role Models
Poem by Dr Meredith Golomb
Rounds begin, the lights grow dim,
The speaker began to speak
Of cholesterol plaques and Emboli
And hearts that are too weak.
"In lipids, Lads, the future lies
The key to stroke prevention
I travel across the world to tell
The truth at each convention"
"Together we MDs must band
To forward lead the fight -
"To modify the diet and
Make patients see the light"
His audience nodded sagely,
Each one vowed to take a stand
There was fervour seen on every face -
And a donut in each hand.
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