>The following quotes were taken from actual medical records from hospitals
>whose doctors/nurses still need to understand proper usage of the English
>language.
>
>
>
>1. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.
>2. She's numb from her toes down.
>3. By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped and he was
>feeling better.
>4. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
>5. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had
>completely disappeared.
>6. She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was
>very hot in bed last night.
>7. The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
>8. Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.
>9. I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing and then, when
>he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor.
>10. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be
>depressed.
>11. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
>12. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but
>forgetful.
>13. The patient refused an autopsy.
>14. The patient has no past history of suicides.
>15. Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
>16.The patient's past medical history remarkably insignificant with only a
>40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
>17. She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate
>directions in early December.
>18. The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
>19. The patient was in his usual state of good health until his helicopter
>ran out of gas and crashed.
>20. When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.
:ckie
>whose doctors/nurses still need to understand proper usage of the English
>language.
>
>
>
>1. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.
>2. She's numb from her toes down.
>3. By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped and he was
>feeling better.
>4. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
>5. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had
>completely disappeared.
>6. She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was
>very hot in bed last night.
>7. The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
>8. Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.
>9. I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing and then, when
>he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor.
>10. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be
>depressed.
>11. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
>12. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but
>forgetful.
>13. The patient refused an autopsy.
>14. The patient has no past history of suicides.
>15. Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
>16.The patient's past medical history remarkably insignificant with only a
>40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
>17. She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate
>directions in early December.
>18. The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
>19. The patient was in his usual state of good health until his helicopter
>ran out of gas and crashed.
>20. When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.
:ckie
