Actual Medical Records

I found this in an old magazine of my college. These are some sentences from actual medical records from different hospitals, written by doctors.

* The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut and handed to the paediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.

* Rectal examination revealed a normal sized thyroid.

* The patient lives at home with her mother, father and pet turtle, who is presently enrolled in day-care three times a week.

* Bleeding started in the rectal area and continued all the way to Los Angeles.

* The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

* Examination of genitalia was completely negative, except for the right foot.

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

* The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

* The patient was alert and unresponsive.

* When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.

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

* On the second day the knee was better; on the third it disappeared.

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

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

* Discharge status: alive, but without my permission.

* The patient refused autopsy.

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