doctors: September 2007 Archives
Hello! I'm Dr Duncan Chambourcy, author of Doctors & Doctoring - the standard text book for doctors across the world.
That's me on the left. The strange ghostly piece of paper I'm studying is an X-ray. An X-ray of what I've no idea - it's a medical mystery that one day I hope to crack. I like to get it out and have a look in between winking at nurses.
Anyway! In a spirit of philanthropy, I'm making extracts of Doctors & Doctoring available here on the internet so that you too can be a top-notch GP like me. There's no exams or essays! Just practice a bit between lessons. On a sock puppet or pet.
Whether you're a long-established doctor with your own pill factory, or a keen amateur who likes writing prescriptions at weekends, you'll find plenty of medical hints and tips in Doctors & Doctoring.
Chapter One: Can anyone be a doctor?
Broadly speaking, yes, anyone can be a doctor - it's hardly brain surgery, except when you're dealing with the brain, of course. But remember that the brain makes up only about 8% of the body, so the chances of you having to even look at a brain are less than one in ten. (The likelihood drops even further when you think that the brain - unlike the liver, glands, or knees - has its own armoured coating to protect it from injury and germs i.e. the skull.) Anyway, if a patient of yours should happen to injure their brain, they're hardly likely to remember where your practice is, are they?
Let's forget about brains and get on with doctoring.
That's me on the left. The strange ghostly piece of paper I'm studying is an X-ray. An X-ray of what I've no idea - it's a medical mystery that one day I hope to crack. I like to get it out and have a look in between winking at nurses.
Anyway! In a spirit of philanthropy, I'm making extracts of Doctors & Doctoring available here on the internet so that you too can be a top-notch GP like me. There's no exams or essays! Just practice a bit between lessons. On a sock puppet or pet.
Whether you're a long-established doctor with your own pill factory, or a keen amateur who likes writing prescriptions at weekends, you'll find plenty of medical hints and tips in Doctors & Doctoring.
Chapter One: Can anyone be a doctor?
Broadly speaking, yes, anyone can be a doctor - it's hardly brain surgery, except when you're dealing with the brain, of course. But remember that the brain makes up only about 8% of the body, so the chances of you having to even look at a brain are less than one in ten. (The likelihood drops even further when you think that the brain - unlike the liver, glands, or knees - has its own armoured coating to protect it from injury and germs i.e. the skull.) Anyway, if a patient of yours should happen to injure their brain, they're hardly likely to remember where your practice is, are they?
Let's forget about brains and get on with doctoring.
Being a doctor is brilliant
