by monkeymd2b » Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:55 pm
I actually found a really cool ad from a magazine in the 40s at an antique store with the following text:
More Doctors Smoke Camels than any other cigarette!
Yes, your doctor was asked. Nothing unusual about it. Doctors smoke for the pleasure just like the rest of us. They appreciate, just as you, a mildness that's cool and easy on the throat. They too enjoy the full, rich flavor of expertly blended costlier tobaccos.
The funniest part is that there's pictures of doctors with patients and then one with a doc just sitting back enjoying his cigarette. But the best picture is the one with the doc smoking a cigarette and looking at a petrie dish. It cracked me up so I bought it. It must have been an ad on the back of a magazine because the address for a doctor is stamped on the lower corner.
Well, tomorrow's the big day. First day introducing myself to patients and others as Dr. Of course, my patients in the hospital will be kids, sadly many of them may be taller than me. But due to parking issues and other legality issues, I have paperwork junk to take care of before I get to do anything fun, like work my ass off for the next 3 years. Clinic for this month is every tuesday afternoon and in the beginning I get an hour to see my patient, precept, then write my note. And since all my patients will be new patients, except for those that I inherit, I need that extra time to get all the medical and other info about my patient - and you know, establish rapport as I'm asking tons of questions that will seem irrelevant to the person coming in for seasonal allergies.
Simple words to live by...
When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them on the head.
