My pathology prof enjoys telling stories about Robert Vircow, apparent founder of pathology. One of his favorites is that Virchow was the son of a grocer... And he described lesions in terms he was familiar with.
So, for example, the lesion associated with TB had a center of caseous necrosis. "Caseous" is a fancy word for "cheese-like" and they always describe it as looking like dry cottage cheese.
Ready for lunch?
Monday, September 14, 2009
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