tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7710294889177627632..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: N. B.: X-ray Invisible Hand Grenades?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-77817578405984864742011-12-16T22:33:22.501-05:002011-12-16T22:33:22.501-05:00"Y-shaped bone in her stomach"
What part..."Y-shaped bone in her stomach"<br />What particular bone did the intern think it was? My anatomy and radiographic books are no help. Now, if you X-ray a shoulder just right, you can kinda sorta see a y-shaped bone...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800106790176447938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-36224738627790402942011-12-05T14:08:11.136-05:002011-12-05T14:08:11.136-05:00OPw/B?OPw/B?the pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-66949217500724308312011-12-05T12:23:51.454-05:002011-12-05T12:23:51.454-05:00If you want something difficult to see on X-rays, ...If you want something difficult to see on X-rays, try small wooden toy parts. My 1.5 year old daughter ate the chimney off a Scandinavian toy locomotive and we needed to make sure it got past her trachea safely. I could see it on the film, barely, but had to point it out to the intern who thought it was a Y-shaped bone in her stomach.<br /><br />Darn those Scandinavians and their wooden toy trains.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-54024241234364497082011-12-04T21:57:10.175-05:002011-12-04T21:57:10.175-05:00From back in the days when I took any job I could ...From back in the days when I took any job I could get, while unloading box cars I discovered...<br /><br />A quart fruit jar about two thirds full of water, with a large chunk of dry ice and a tight lid, makes about as effective a bomb as an M-80 in a similar jar. <br /><br />StrangerStrangerhttp://extranosalley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-74234252161158325482011-12-04T16:00:12.933-05:002011-12-04T16:00:12.933-05:00A good cat scanner would visualize glass quite wel...A good cat scanner would visualize glass quite well. MRI would pick it up too but MRI's don't have the resolution that CT's do.Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47076272018852272182011-12-04T14:16:56.804-05:002011-12-04T14:16:56.804-05:00They're silly overgrown children, unfortunatel...They're silly overgrown children, unfortunately they are old enough to be allowed to buy stuff to make dangerous crap like homemade bombs.<br /><br />Mike JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com