Another quickie as I'm in the midst of another all-nighter after a few hours of sleep this afternoon. On a positive note, I did rather well on my Laboratory Medicine final this morning. A small triumph considering it's not as many credits as the rest of the classes I have finals in, but a triumph nonetheless.
Studying tonight for my Microbiology final in the morning. Lots of pictures of bacteria, trophozites, etc. to memorize as well as 3 clinical correlate lectures. This unit covered malaria, measles, lyme disease, infectious mono, herpes simplex, chickenpox/shingles, parovirus, variouis bacterial skin infections (acne, impetigo, erysipelas, cellulitis, gangrene, etc) and dermatophytes/cutaneous mycoses aka all of the "tinea" infections -- ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot, fungal nail infections, and finally the lovely ectoparasitic infestations like scabies and pubic/head lice.
Microbiology and the related conditions are pretty fascinating, although the class tends to make you a bit obsessive-compulsive as you start to think about and eventually become completely preoccupied with all the microscopic bacteria and organisms that you took for granted before. I feel like I could end up like Tom Waits as Renfield in the Bram Stroker's Dracula movie, picking and scratching at imaginary bugs while slowly descending into madness. This should be the intro to any Micro class:
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...Tom Waits played Renfield in Bram Stoker's Dracula???
O.O
P.S. recently read an article that says humans originally got pubic lice from gorillas. Random slightly disturbing fact for the day.
Those damn dirty apes!
Tom has had a bunch of quirky roles over the years... check out this link: http://fivebestlist.blogspot.com/2008/05/five-besttom-waits-movie-roles.html
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- Murk
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