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'''From ''Scrubs'' Season 1 Episode 13 "My Balancing Act"'''
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'''More Animal Reading'''
 
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''Dr. Cox and J.D. are the bedside of an ICU patient, Mr. Yeager, who has both of them stumped.  But J.D. thinks he has an answer.''
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- [[FISH]]
 
 
J.D.: So, judging from the [[Twister|ataxia]], dysarthia, and the [[Altered Mental Status|mental status change]], I've concluded that Mr. Yeager is suffering from... kuru.
 
 
 
DR. COX: Kuru?
 
  
J.D.: Kuru.
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- [[Frog in the Throat]]
  
DR. COX: Kuru.
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- [[Hoofbeats]]
  
J.D.: Yes, kuru.
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- [[King Cobra]]
  
DR. COX: Wow. I'd actually never thought of that.
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- [[Pandemic]]
  
J.D.: Hell, yeah.
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- [[Pet Therapy]]
  
DR. COX: Were you aware that the only documented cases of kuru were members of a cannibalistic tribe in eastern Papua New Guinea?
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- [[Pigface Catheter]]
  
J.D.: I was not.
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- [[Turtleneck]]
 
 
MR. YEAGER: Actually, Doc, I was in New Guinea just last week.
 
 
 
J.D.: Really?
 
 
 
MR. YEAGER: No.
 
 
 
DR. COX: Newbie, do you happen to know what a '''zebra''' is?
 
 
 
J.D.: That patient just mocked me!
 
 
 
DR. COX: It's a diagnosis of a ridiculously obscure disease when it's much more likely that the patient has a common illness presenting with uncommon symptoms.  In other words, if you hear [[Hoofbeats|hoofbeats]], you just go ahead and think [[Gallops|horsies]], not '''zebras''',  mm'kay, Mr. Silly Bear?
 
 
 
 
 
'''More Animal Reading'''
 
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* [[FISH]]
 
* [[Frog in the Throat]]
 
* [[Hoofbeats]]
 
* [[King Cobra]]
 
* [[Pandemic]]
 
* [[Pet Therapy]]
 
* [[Pigface Catheter]]
 
* [[Turtleneck]]
 
* [[Zerbaxa (Ceftolozane-Tazobactam)]]
 
  
  
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[[Category:Veterinary Medicine]]
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Revision as of 18:11, 30 June 2017

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A zebra is a rare or interesting medical case with black-and-white stripes that can trample you over if you're not careful.[1] Because zebras are so hard to find let alone test for, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will be resorting to unicorns instead.[2]


More Animal Reading


- FISH

- Frog in the Throat

- Hoofbeats

- King Cobra

- Pandemic

- Pet Therapy

- Pigface Catheter

- Turtleneck


References


  1. Internist Trampled to Death by Herd of Wild Zebras (Gomerblog)
  2. Internal Medicine Certification Exam to Test Fewer Zebras, More Unicorns (Gomerblog)


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