Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Related Pathology

[chrisvenus]

That title is the book I've been looking at all the pretty pictures in for work. It has some wonderful things in it that worried me and made me laugh. Here are two such:

"It will be noted that in this instance the patient covered the cuitting edge of the razor blade with adhesive tape for swallowing."

I wonder what he was thinking at this point. Maybe the patient thought "Hey, if I cover the blade of the razor with sellotape then I'll be able to eat it?" Why would you eat a razor blade though if not to cause yourself serious damage and if you're wanting to do that then why on earth cover it with sellotape?

Some people are nuts...

However, some doctors are very resourceful...

"A 4-year-old child had a stainless steel ball bearing in his stomach for 6 weeks. Snares and wire baskets were unsuccessful and therefore a 'trawling net' was made from a latex condom attached to the endoscope. The ball was rolled into the appliance by tipping the patient, and was successfully removed."

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[venta.livejournal.com]

by tipping the patient

That phrase is far funnier than it ought to be.

[chrisvenus]

Well, given that I was getting funny looks from around the office for how much I laughed it is probably not funnier than I intended it to be when putting it into my Live Journal. If it helps I can fish out a picture of the condom on a wire they used to get the ballbearing as well... :)