BMJ  2004;328:926 (17 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7445.926-c

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Is Dad mad, doctor?

I had just put away the pleural aspiration kit and labelled the samples, and had returned to the patient, whose family had now arrived, to check that he was comfortable.

One of the adult children greeted me with the question, "Do you think Dad's mad, doctor?"

"Mad?" I was a little bemused as to where this had come from.

"Yes. He said you are going to send off the fluid from his lungs for psychology."

After a few puzzled moments, the penny dropped: "No, not psychology, cytology."

James S Dawson, senior house officer

Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham


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