A Pain in the Toenails
Excerpt from The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World and Other True Tales from the Emergency Room
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Clinical Medicine, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Melissa Yuan-Innes, M.D. | ISBN: | 9780987686534 |
| Publisher: | Olo Books | Publication: | December 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Melissa Yuan-Innes, M.D. |
| ISBN: | 9780987686534 |
| Publisher: | Olo Books |
| Publication: | December 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Ah, the innocence of medical school. This is a story from my third year of clinical clerkship, when I started rotating through the hospital wards, starting with internal medicine. I was matched to the gastrointestinal team, so I can recite the bacterial causes of bloody diarrhea to this day.
One patient taught me about ulcerative colitis...and a few other things.
You can also find this essay in my book, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World and Other True Tales from the Emergency Room.
Ah, the innocence of medical school. This is a story from my third year of clinical clerkship, when I started rotating through the hospital wards, starting with internal medicine. I was matched to the gastrointestinal team, so I can recite the bacterial causes of bloody diarrhea to this day.
One patient taught me about ulcerative colitis...and a few other things.
You can also find this essay in my book, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the World and Other True Tales from the Emergency Room.
