In the 90th FFFF you will develop a new found fear of caterpillars, be mystifed by Obecalp, puzzle over what over 70% of antibiotics are used for in the good ole USA, weigh up the framing effect and undergo surgery in 1945 with an unusual implement…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 089
May 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
In the 89th FFFF we find out how the Spanish health service intends to save 2 billion euros a year, what condition accounts for over 10 million courses of antibiotics each year in the US, as well as learn about a clever Dutch physiologist, ego bias and micromorts.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 088
May 11, 2012 By 3 Comments
IN this edition of FFFF we’ve got the snake with the most lethal venom in the world, Southey tubes, blindspot bias, the French gauge and the first cardiac catheterisation.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 087
May 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
In this week’s FFFF we have the part of your back that you can’t scratch, a mystery drug in 7-Up and an unusual cause of childhood trauma
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 086
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This edition of FFFF features Pott’s puffy tumor, someone who ‘owns the anus’, the world’s highest recorded blood alcohol concentration, ectopic pregnancy and the last words spoken to Diderot before he died.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 085
April 20, 2012 By 6 Comments
Michelle Johnston tosses away the papyrus and pulls out the parchment in this week’s Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five on the subject of Shakespeare and Medicine.
Funtabulously Frivolous French Friday Five 082
March 30, 2012 By 6 Comments
Fantastique! Jo Deverill serves up a FFFF to remember… One with a very chic French theme. C’est magnifique, I’m sure you’ll agree. Alors, le French Friday Five
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 081
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week’s FFFF features a game of ‘who said what?’ – have you got the necessary funtabulosity to attribute each quotation to the correct medical or literary luminary… or in one case ‘non-luminary’…
Who is Doctor Da Man?
December 5, 2008 By 2 Comments
Always love it when a doctor-patient interaction results in a positive outcome… Patient: Someone’s gonna stick a needle in my chest? J.D. : Not just someone, Doctor DaMan. Patient: Who’s Doctor DaMan? J.D. : Say it…say it…without the doctor. Patient: Who’s Mister DaMan? J.D. : No…just say the last name. Patient: Who’s DaMan? J.D. : [...]
