I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The Doctors Don't Know How to Spell It

From Overheard in New York:
Little girl: That's how you spell it? Why is there a "p"?
Mom: The doctors didn't know how to spell it, so they just put a "p" at the beginning to make it look medical.
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