A memorable patient: Piano player, pathologist, postmortem, postscript

The most memorable patient I never saw.

Soon after midnight, after a busy day on the inpatient psych unit, I slipped into a deep sleep. Then the phone rang in the residents’ on-call room. “Dr. Lazarus?” the voice on the other end inquired. “Yes,” I replied, half asleep. “This is Dr. Hendricks (not her real name) in the ER. Are you the on-call psych resident tonight?” “I am,” I answered drowsily. Every physician knows that nightly awa...

A postscript

numerous contributions to the discussion of general questions in evolutionary biology, and for providing an evolutionary perspective on other areas of biology, such as ecology and development. He was a persistent critic of group-selectionist thinking and of the theory of punctuated equilibrium. He published fourteen books and collections of papers on an astonishing diversity of subjects, as wel...

Postscript

A memorable experience.

The electrocardiographic phenomenon of cardiac memory results from aberrant ventricular activation and causes transient ECG features that can mimic ischaemia. We present the case of a patient with ischaemic cardiomyopathy who exhibited evidence of T-wave memory in the setting of multiple episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia that were triggered by an insect bite.

A Memorable Membership Moment

Most unpleasant memories fade eventually, but some are so horrendous that one's psyche is branded for life. The clinical and oral examinations for the MRCP and FRCS diplomas seem to provide a rich source of such searing memories. Most hospital consultants have a 'Membership' or a 'Fellowship' story?here's mine. I knew I'd done fairly well on the papers, and the clinical examination also went we...