OK… The medical literature is too rich with (unintentional) humor, that I can’t help but start a series about it. Medical Literature Classics - some funny things from our glorious past.

This one happens to come from DeGowin & DeGowin, 1977… which is actually not that long ago.

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If I ever tell a patient to “walk it off”, I’m very likely to be sued. However, if the Little League coach does it, it’s perfectly normal.

What’s worse… people are more compliant with the coach’s advice.

Medical education and humor… funny video where a German physician demonstrates cardiac rhythms through dance.

He’ll probably need to see ortho after those bundle branch blocks. Check it out.

For those of you following @GiggleMed on Twitter, you may have noticed a new series of medical humor tweets that has emerged.

It all started with a committee meeting when I heard another physician say, “As far as I’m concerned, the doctors shouldn’t have to do anything.” I wrote that statement down and put it on my desk…

Over time, more quotes were added… specifically, quotes heard in the hospital that, without context, could be quite humorous. Well, here’s a sample of some of those hospital hallway funnies (with my comments in parentheses):

Share any medical chart funnies you’ve seen with thousands of other GiggleMed readers, and I’ll give you a gift… Once you submit an original chart fart™, you’ll be redirected to your bribe free gift… a funny medical humor PDF download about all the signs that shouldn’t eat the hospital food.

Interesting Video… Got McBurger Hut?: