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The effect of reading too many medical papers

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A completely off topic and I hope light hearted view of reading too many medical papers.

The effect on me is summed up in the following quote from Three Men in a Boat

"I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever, must have had it for months without knowing it – wondered what else I had got; turned up St. Vitus’s Dance – found, as I

expected, that I had that too, – began to get interested in my case, and determined to sift it to the bottom, and so started alphabetically – read up ague, and learnt that I was sickening for it, and that the acute stage would commence in about another fortnight. Bright’s disease, I was relieved to find, I had only in a modified form, and, so far as that was concerned, I might live for years. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been born with. I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I could conclude I had not got was housemaid’s knee."

PS Please ignore if you think too flippant for this forum

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dedeottie profile image
dedeottie

Love it and so true.x

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BobDVolunteer

Spike Milligan's epitaph. "I told you I was ill" Love the quote Dave, Always good to laugh .

Bob

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Rellim296

I think it's best not to look at the ECG machine diagnosis - once time I had severe ischaemic something.

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meadfoot

Due a smile thanks for lifting the mood.

Dee

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rosyG

Brilliant- and so true- ( I still wade through them all though!!)

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GivEmkeL

Hahaha! Mathis made me giggle. - KeL :)

:-) very relevant I'd say.

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Finvola

Wonderful - I laughed out loud :)

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jeanjeannie50

Good to have something to make us laugh. thank you.

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Therealsue

Love it. Sums me up completely!

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jan-ran

Thanks for another giggle this morning! JanR

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farmerwalt

No, not too flippant Davegm. Always good to get cheered up.

Another quote I've heard often, "if we didn't laugh we would cry". So lets laugh all we can.

Thanks.

Walter.

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sann

Yeah I like that,

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sann

Yeah I like that made me smile lol Sann

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