Raw Oysters

"Waiter, what wine would best pair with my septic shock tonight? A Riesling?"

You'll like him. But watch out... He's about eight feet high and has the sort of eye that can open an oyster at sixty paces." - Bertrum Wooster describing Roderick Spode to a friend in P.G. Wodehouse's "Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves" (1962)

Raw oysters are absolutely delicious, though one must always worry about infection with Vibrio vulnificus (Latin for "Wow, this explosive diarrhea is horrid!") But when you sit down and weigh the risks (acute gastroenteritis, severe wound infections, and sepsis) versus the benefits (YUM!!!!), then the outcome is clear: Another dozen oysters, waiter!!!

Gomerpedia Tip

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Seasoned physicians like to shuck their own oysters in order to find clinical pearls.

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• Diarrhea
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• The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock
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