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 **The following quotes were taken from actual medical records dictated by physicians.**


 * By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.


 * Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.


 * On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.


 * She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.


 * The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983


 * Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.


 * 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.


 * The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.


 * Discharge status: Alive but without permission.


 * The patient refused an autopsy.


 * Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.


 * She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.


 * Since she can't get pregnant with her husband, I thought you would like to work her up.


 * She is numb from her toes down.


 * While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.


 * The skin was moist and dry.


 * Patient was alert and unresponsive.