Posts Tagged as ‘brain’

July 24, 2008

bodies

In a conversation I was having with B’s 9 year old cousin a few weeks ago, cadavers came up. I have no idea how that happened and I regretted it immediately. If presented with the opportunity I suggest you avoid describing how medical students learn from cadavers to anyone below the age of 10. [...]

July 7, 2008

more itch

The itchiness theme will end soon, I promise.  But without even searching for it, I happened to come across some more information.  I came across it reading Atwul Gawande’s article in the New Yorker, The Itch.  Reading it in full is worth it. 
Answering a question from my last post, he explains how the nerves that [...]