This post is the final part of a 4-part series. The first parts were “pimping in perspective“, “pimping for the pimpee“, and “pimping for the pimper“. Prof Koelmeyer, who I wrote of in great detail in “The Breakfast Club“, was a master of positive pimping. It helped that the pimpee couldn’t get away – the [...]
Pimping for the pimper
April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Positive pimping is all about learning, fun, and safety. These objectives can be achieved by following proper positive pimping etiquette. Once again Detsky [pubmed] lays the foundations for these rules:
The John Thomas sign
April 14, 2009 By 1 Comment
The John Thomas (JT) sign is also known as Throckmorton‘s sign. The sign can only be found in men – a patient has a positive JT sign if his penis points towards the side of pathology on a radiograph of the pelvis. The sign tends to be commented on by middle-aged male radiologists and orthopedists [...]
EchoJournal video sharing site
April 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Twawling Twitter this Easter has led to many exciting discoveries such as @echojournal. Echojournal [www.echojournal.org] is an online ultrasound video sharing website and discussion board. It enables the user to upload, store and discuss echocardiography videos and is a companion site of Medgadget.com. The website is free for anyone to use but is mainly intended [...]
Laws for the Navigation of Life
April 12, 2009 By 1 Comment
Peter Safar Laws for Navigation of Life. Bureaucracy is a challenge to be conquered with a righteous attitude, a tolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary.
The Cretin and the Pharoah
April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
One of the true joys of being a student at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was to be taught by Professor Peter Pharoah. Well, not so much to be taught by him, as to have him share intriguing insights and amazing adventures from his work in Papua New Guinea. Professor Pharoah’s mission, one that [...]
Box jellyfish in moving pictures
April 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
