PATIENT REPORTS
 
The following quotes are reported to have been taken from
actual medical records as dictated by physicians...
 
* By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped,
and he was feeling better.
 
* Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for
over a year.
 
* On the second day the knee was better and on the third
day it had completely disappeared.
 
* The patient has been depressed ever since she began
seeing me in 1983.
 
* Patient was released to outpatient department without
dressing.
 
* I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing,
and then when he stands with the help of his wife, they
should fall to the floor.
 
* The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will
get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.
 
* Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally
alert but forgetful.
 
* The patient refused an autopsy.
 
* The patient has no past history of suicides.
 
* The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
 
* Patient has left his white blood cells at another
hospital.
 
* The patient's past medical history has been remarkably
insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past
three days.
 
* She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in
separate directions in early December.
 
* The patient left the hospital feeling much better except
for her original complaints.
 
* The patient was in his usual state of good health until
his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.
 
* She is numb from her toes down.
 
* The skin was moist and dry.
 
* Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
 
* Coming from Detroit, this man has no children.
 
* Patient was alert and unresponsive.
 
* When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.