http://www.politedissent.com/archives/293 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.politedissent.com/archives/293/comment-page-1#comment-485 Jeff Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:56:25 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/293#comment-485 Great analysis, Scott, but your discussion of plasma (as any discussion of plasma does) reminded me of the old Chuck Jone (I think) cartoon where the man and his dog are hit by a car. The paramedics arrive, and one asks the other for "Plasma," then for "dog plasma," which promptly get switched around causing the man to act like the dog and vice versa. And you say plasma is only used as a clotting agent - clearly, it's also used to determine which species we behave most like! Great analysis, Scott, but your discussion of plasma (as any discussion of plasma does) reminded me of the old Chuck Jone (I think) cartoon where the man and his dog are hit by a car. The paramedics arrive, and one asks the other for “Plasma,” then for “dog plasma,” which promptly get switched around causing the man to act like the dog and vice versa. And you say plasma is only used as a clotting agent – clearly, it’s also used to determine which species we behave most like!

]]> http://www.politedissent.com/archives/293/comment-page-1#comment-470 H Sat, 25 Sep 2004 02:52:44 +0000 http://politedissent.com/archives/293#comment-470 Enjoyable medical analysis as always Scott, but what were the S.C.R.U.B. scores for these issues? Enjoyable medical analysis as always Scott, but what were the S.C.R.U.B. scores for these issues?

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