Guy Finch, a surgeon in Northampton, provides an excellent example of why we need more examples of The Things They Say…
A gentleman was referred to Mr Finch with a left inguinal hernia. He also had a cough impulse in the right groin. This is how the latter was described in the referral letter:
Mr Smith has a coffin pulse on the right, although no symptoms there.
I think we can conclude that this is the final nail for poor Mr Smith.
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From the archive: No time to be sheepish
Tags: Humour, Things they say
