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Who tried to poison the pathologists at Harvard Medical School?

adamg — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:21:24 +0000

The Herald reports six scientists and students drank poisoned coffee from a single-serve coffee machine in August.

Just because you're smart doesn't mean you have a lick of common sense

adamg — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:11:10 +0000

Paul Levy, CEO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, wishes to address students at Harvard's medical and public-health schools who are riding their bikes to school now that the weather is nice: Put your damn helmet on and stop riding like a moron:

Today's quiz: What do we call a Harvard student who rides a bicycle in the wrong lane without a helmet?

Answer: An organ donor.

What it's like to dissect a cadaver

adamg — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:14:22 +0000

Kristin Huang is a first-year student at Harvard Medical School. First year means dissection and it's pretty rough (and then, the next day, even rougher). Definitely NOT for the squeamish (her subject lines begin with "Dismemberment" and "Mutiliation"), but it can give you some idea of what doctors in training have to go through.