"Why I love reading the Southern Medical Journal".To the Editor: Do you know why I love reading Southern Medical Journal month after month? Where else would you read in the past few months a mystery uncovered by a sleuth masquerading as a medical doctor? (1) ... or about other detectives? (2), (3) ... or arsenic poisoning? (4) ... or an Ascaris-earthworm controversy? (5-7) ... or about King Lear? (8) ... or pica? (9) ... or kids eating foam rubber stuffing? (10) ... New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. is stuffy. JAMA JAMA abbr. Journal of the American Medical Association is stodgy. But SMJ SMJ Southern Medical Journal SMJ Strategic Management Journal SMJ Saber Marionette J (WinAMP skin) SMJ subject matter jurisdiction SMJ Summary Judgment (legal term) SMJ Saudi Medical Journal is so delightful, so much fun, and also educational to read! Keep up the good work! References (1.) Hamdy RC. Paranoid delusions? South Med J 2003;96:635-636 (editorial). (2.) Anderson D. Physicians as detectives in detective fiction of the 20th century. South Med J 2002;95:1134-1139. (3.) Wurlitzer F. Physicians as detectives in detective fiction of the 20th century. South Med J 2003;96:731-732 (letter). (4.) Rouss P Jr. Arsenic and heavy metal poisons. South Med J 2003;96:633-634 (letter). (5.) Quick G, Sheikho SH, Walker JS. Urinary ascariasis ascariasis /as·ca·ri·a·sis/ (as?kah-ri´ah-sis) infection with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. After ingestion, the larvae migrate first to the lungs then to the intestine. as·ca·ri·a·sis n. in a man with hematuria hematuria Blood in the urine. It usually indicates injury or disease of the kidney or another structure of the urinary system or possibly, in males, the reproductive system. It may result from infection, inflammation, tumours, kidney stones, or other disorders. . South Med J 2001;94:454-455. (6.) Ash LR. Ascaris lumbricoides? South Med J 2003;96:101-102 (letter). (7.) Quick G, Walker JS. Ascaris lumbricoides? South Med J 2003;96:728-729 (letter). (8.) Truskinovsky AM. Literary psychiatric observation and diagnosis through the ages: King Lear revisited. South Med J 2002;95:343-352. (9.) Kraemer S. Clay, Vicks, and Gold Medal flour. South Med J 2002;95:1228-1229 (letter). (10.) Hackworth SR, Williams LL. Pica for foam rubber in patients with sickle cell disease sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia, inherited disorder of the blood in which the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin pigment in erythrocytes (red blood cells) is abnormal. . South Med J 2003;96:81-83. Yasuo Ishida, MD |
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