Lactose intolerance?
Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and dairy products.
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“Doctor, I have an ear ache.”
2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. – That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. – That prayer is superstition. Here, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. – That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. – That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. – That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
A cardiologist died and was given an elaborate funeral.
A huge heart covered in flowers stood behind the casket during the service.
Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casket rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the beautiful heart forever.
At that point, one of the mourners burst into laughter. When all eyes stared at him, he said,
“I’m sorry, I was just thinking of my own funeral…I’m a gynecologist.”
Then the proctologist fainted.
The Onion: World’s Oldest Neurosurgeon Turns 100
Nothing can stop Carl Wainwright from doing what he loves best – performing surgery on the human brain.
Take a good look at his medical school diploma from 1930…
“For the treatment of bad humors of the brain.”
The Importance Of The Power Of Observation In Medicine:
It is recounted that at King’s College in the Strand around the time of the war, the Chief of Services would inevitably begin the year’s rounds by teaching “a singularly important principle of medicine.”
He asked a nurse to fetch him a sample of Urine. He then talked at length about Diabetes mellitus. “Diabetes,” he said, “is a Greek name; but the Romans noticed that the bees like the urine of diabetics, so they added the word mellitus which means sweet as honey. Well, as you know, you may find sugar in the urine of a diabetic … ”
By now the nurse had returned with a sample of urine which the registrar promptly held up like a trophy. We stared at that straw colored fluid as if we had never seen such a thing before. The registrar then startled us. He dipped a finger boldly into the urine, then licked his finger with the tip of his tongue. As if tasting wine, he opened and closed his lips rapidly. Could he perhaps detect a faint taste of sugar?
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