Comments on: Doctor Strange — The Oath #1: A Medical Review

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:55:00 +0000

I think the change at the end of the hippocratic oath is intentional. Dr Strange is ammending it to fit within his personal code of ethics (Not exactly normal, but this guy is the Sorceror Supreme, sorry, make that Sorceror Supreme MD).

By: Jon Hendry

Jon Hendry — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:55:08 +0000

“but how would an artist access the resources to really know how to depict these medical procedures?”

I bet that most ER personnel would be *thrilled* to help out with advice, for free.

By: dot dot dot

dot dot dot — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:18:35 +0000

Fair enough. Perhaps I just lack the natural verve and can-do-it-ness that would inspire the sort of research it would take to sort everythign out when a writer says something along the lines of “Okay, he’s getting an operation for a herniated disc in this next scene.”

By: Captain Qwert Jr

Captain Qwert Jr — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:52:20 +0000

The answer ‘to’ all questions and nit-picks, that is.

By: Captain Qwert Jr

Captain Qwert Jr — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:50:46 +0000

The answer all questions and nit-picks:

“A wizard did it.”

Sorry, it had to be said

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:24:23 +0000

Some of my observations/complaints are certainly nit-picks, and are usually identified as such. I can understand how those can slip through, but with a good library and various sites on the internet (including this one), most of these can be avoided. Artists use references all the time for other things, why not for medical equipment and scenes?

By: dot dot dot

dot dot dot — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:03:25 +0000

I really truly like the site, I promise, but I was wondering how it’s expected that a comic book artist could get everything right in a scene such as this? At least with an author, they can read a description and include words that give the impression of accuracy, and a television show hypothetically has a budget for..I don’t know…consultants…but how would an artist access the resources to really know how to depict these medical procedures? I know there’s medical reference for body innards and maybe the operating instruments, but the set-up and layout for the treatment of a specific problem sounds like an overwhelming task, and makes me glad not to be in their shoes.

By: Chris Sims

Chris Sims — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:09:22 +0000

Iron Fist actually just likes to keep his knees cool. Seriously, he talks about it for about six pages in PM&IF #57.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:41:30 +0000

Oh, for…

I had a “joke” ending to that post, but I put it in “greater than / less than” brackets.

It must have thought it was a “tag” and deleted it.

hahaha.

Anyway… NOW that it’s not FUNNY anymore… I’ll do it again.

… STERILE!!

( runs out screaming )

Hmm… y’know. It probably wasn’t all that funny to BEGIN with.

crap.

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P-TOR

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:38:43 +0000

They left his gloves on because they’re like surgical gloves and his hands are sterile.
uh… mystically sterile-cleansing gloves.

STERILE!!

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P-TOR