The best part of today was that Dr. Augur, one of the smartest people alive, and possibly the best lecturer since Demosthenes, was also involved in our teaching.
In the midst of a lecture on lipid control, he asked what we thought of a patient who was 5'11" and 170lbs. A classmate of mine responded that the patient was way overweight. Dr. A's priceless response: "are you running a concentration camp? That's fine! That's normal! Who are you?"
We all thought it was hilarious.
Maybe you had to be there. I'm glad, for your sake, that you weren't.
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Nathan
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