Father-Daughter Pharmacist duo dispensing a daily dose of clinical humor to get you through your shift. You can follow us on Linked In: Counterside Cartoons
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if I had to choose one essential oil that I hate the most *from a toxicology perspective* it would be OIL OF FREAKING WINTERGREEN
it smells delicious and as a result little kids want to taste/drink it
1 teaspoon (5mL) = ~7grams of aspirin = can be fatal
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The first American plastic surgeon was John Peter Mettauer, who, in 1827, performed the first cleft palate operation with instruments that he designed himself.
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COFFEE BREAK:)
Plastic surgeons are the only people that actually . . .
encourage you to pick your nose:)
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PHARMACY WISDOM
It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion.
Thomas Sowell
Sorry about the sparse tweets the past few months. I’ve taken a position as a Clinical Hospital Chaplain and that is keeping me busy. I hope to continue tweeting Counterside as much as I can.
HOW TO RUN A MEETING:)
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
Ronald Reagan
Compulsive gambling
Cases of compulsive gambling on people that generally don’t gamble were reported after taking Mirapex, which is used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Why it may specifically lead to gambling is not understood. ocanamedicalcenter.com
FYI
The word HOSPITAL comes from the Latin word “hospitium”. It means a place of hospitality. Hospitals were originally established centuries ago by Christians and maintained by religious communities .
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KLEPTOMANIAC
My Pharmacist said I was a kleptomaniac...
I asked, "Is there anything I can take for that?” :)
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KLEENEX & GAS MASKS
The Kleenex brand story began during WW1 when Kimberly-Clark developed a crepe paper used as a filter within GAS MASKS. In the early 1920’s the paper was adapted to become their commercial product, Kotex. Kleenex tissue came in 1924. kleenex.co.uk
HUMAN BRAIN VS. OCTOPUS BRAIN
The average number of neurons in the human brain is 100 billion. The average number of neurons in an octopus brain is 300 billion. Useless Science Fact-O-Pedia
PHARMACY WISDOM
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.”
John Wooden
My teeth were stained, so the dentist asked me, “do you smoke or drink coffee?” I told him I prefer to drink it:)
YUK, this definitely needs flavoring.
CEPHALOSPORIN was discovered and isolated by Giuseppe Brotzu in 1948 from a fungus found in SEWAGE off the Sardinian coast:(
FIRST SUCCESSFUL FRICTION MATCH: invented by Chemist (Pharmacist) John Walker in 1826 in Stockton-on-Tees, England. The price for a box of 50 matches, 1 schilling😊
An Ontological Question
If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke? Steven Wright