tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post6529476936689318254..comments2023-11-20T00:23:16.290+01:00Comments on Stethoscope On Rome: Germ WarfareSusan Levenstein, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-67153552629250430702019-02-01T14:21:28.610+01:002019-02-01T14:21:28.610+01:00:-):-)Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-86555293960287707012019-02-01T13:05:03.783+01:002019-02-01T13:05:03.783+01:00i find when it misses, the doctors often fill in w...i find when it misses, the doctors often fill in with their mothers' advice: mangiare in bianco, evitare colpi di freddo.... elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-36985681279831508222019-02-01T10:31:57.600+01:002019-02-01T10:31:57.600+01:00Italian medical training is REALLY hit-and-miss......Italian medical training is REALLY hit-and-miss...Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-35533910625321482492019-01-31T23:26:32.620+01:002019-01-31T23:26:32.620+01:00Here’s a story you might like. A friend of mine’s ...Here’s a story you might like. A friend of mine’s husband was a young doctor, a couple of years out of medical school, back in the 70s. He was actually quite conscientious as a doctor, and unlike most, as a student he waited in long lines of other students for “esercitazioni” where the professor had them, one by one, listen to an actual heart. They were not obligatory, and it was a sign of his conscientiousness that he went to all of them! I was at their house one night and he took out a can of peaches that he wanted to eat. I said “NO! Are you crazy? Don't eat that! The can is bulgeing, you could get botulism - botulismo!”<br />He guffawed - "Botulismo!!! HA HA HA What's botulismo?" <br />I said, “It’s something that can develop in canned food and even a drop can kill you. To be safe you have to boil it in an open pan for several minutes. Go look it up in your medical books,” and he did.<br />He came back shocked – “It really does exist!” <br />Imagine, this guy was doing emergency room shifts. I could picture the sad scenario: someone coming in with botulism and him saying he must have a colpo di freddo allo stomaco! <br />elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-7049188561672736522018-05-13T21:35:58.004+02:002018-05-13T21:35:58.004+02:00...I once had a patient who'd had tetanus as a......I once had a patient who'd had tetanus as a child in the 1930s, before antibiotics were invented. Amazingly, she survived.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-71133918631404531592018-05-13T17:58:22.973+02:002018-05-13T17:58:22.973+02:00A terrifying story.A terrifying story.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-88225505870557362752018-05-13T16:21:19.006+02:002018-05-13T16:21:19.006+02:00I'd like to suggest all Italian residents who ...I'd like to suggest all Italian residents who either haven't ever had a tetanus vaccine, or a booster in over 20 years, to get one. A very dear friend of mine in Rome who wasn't diagnosed in time died at 83 after getting a cut while away for a weekend on Ponza. She was healthy, vigorous and dismissed it as a scratch. Better safe than sorry. One never knows.Amalie R. Rothschildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-81648057079684371052018-05-13T10:27:40.880+02:002018-05-13T10:27:40.880+02:00ummm, didn't I give you the whole series back ...ummm, didn't I give you the whole series back in Via Balbo? I remember at least trying!Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-72334967846952732022018-05-12T17:41:31.380+02:002018-05-12T17:41:31.380+02:00Oh dear! Should I have a tetanus shot??? Oh dear! Should I have a tetanus shot??? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010098791662752239noreply@blogger.com