UNC School of Medicine - Tarhealer Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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FEBRUARY 12, 1988 iarold C. Pillsbury, M.D. BREAT LIES IN MEDICINE. Statement: “JUST’’ a) a little shot b) a little while c) a little pain. ' ranslation: This will be a lot Yorse than I’m letting on. Statement: Our experience ith your problem has been . . . ' ranslation: I’m not sure you ill do very well with this: a) disease b) procedure c) treatment Itatement: We use a multi- lisciplinary approach, ' ranslation: None of us has a olution to your problem so e ll all share the blame for ne result. itatement: I’ll call you with ne results. ranslation: Don’t call me, I’ll all you. itatement: Consistent with, ut not diagnostic of . . . ranslation: I don’t know ' hat’s going on, just pay the ill. itatement: When I was a . . . a) medical student b) resident c) fellow ranslation: YOU’RE BOUT TO GET SCREWED! James Scatliff, M.D. T-, AND t 2 mri weighted images. In general, when a spin echo technique is used and gray scale assigned to perceived proton energies, T-i weighted images bring out anatomy; T 2 pathology. In T-i weighted im- ages, H 2 0 (i.e. CSF) is black and so is fat and bone marrow in T 2 weighted images, be- cause of increased water con- tent, infarcts, tumors, in- flammation and stuffy turbin- ates are white. Under invest- igation is the possibility that MRI radio waves stimulate en- largement of the anterior lobe of the pituitary. Watson A. Bowes, Jr., M.D. The most important days of our lives — days 1 7 to 56 after conception — are the days during which every major organ system is developed and is vulnerable to damage. During this time the symptoms of pregnancy are non- specific, and the physical find- ings are obscure. “He’s like a kid again — Mrs. Irene Scatliff 55

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