Wayfaring MD: Missionary Physician
I like to highlight the hilarious in medicine as I write about patients, medical school, residency, medical missions, and whatever else strikes my fancy. Oh yeah, and I like to use GIFs!
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mymanthevan Asks:
wayfaringmd Said:
7th edition. There’s another quote from that edition I like that has also been removed. I need to find it so I can post it.
While I was reading about the esophagus in my pathology book, I came across the following statement:
“Esophageal inflammation may have many origins, as follows: Ingestion of mucosal irritants such as alcohol, corrosive acids or alkalis (in suicide attempts), excessively hot fluids (e.g., hot tea…
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.
Oh Robbins, I love when you try to add wit to descriptions of diseases.
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descantforhope Asks:
wayfaringmd Said:
I love those little lines. It was like a treasure hunt for me. It’s like, “thanks for sticking with it and reading this crazy long book. I will now reward you with a little nugget of awesomeness.”
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.
Thank you Robbins, for attempting to make me well-rounded. If there was such thing as a Great Books track to medical school, you would definitely be first book on the list.
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While I was reading about the esophagus in my pathology book, I came across the following statement:
“Esophageal inflammation may have many origins, as follows: Ingestion of mucosal irritants such as alcohol, corrosive acids or alkalis (in suicide attempts), excessively hot fluids (e.g., hot tea in Iran); or heavy smoking.”
This textbook is known to throw in cute little statements sometimes. But it does bring up the question, exactly how hot is the tea in Iran? I mean, surely they’re not implying that Iran is the only country that drinks hot tea, so it must mean that they’re drinking some boiling hot tea. Does anyone know anything about this delightful little cultural tidbit?
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.
Thank you Robbins, for attempting to make me well-rounded. If there was such thing as a Great Books track to medical school, you would definitely be first book on the list.
Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease.
Oh Robbins, I love when you try to add wit to descriptions of diseases.
“Once leukocytes enter the extravascular connective tissue, they are able to adhere to the extracellular matrix by virtue of beta-1 integrins and CD44 binding to matrix proteins.” (Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease).
Yes, I know it’s boring. But it is the book that was closest to my desk. All the ones near me are boring. I can’t help it.
