Sunday, March 05, 2006

You're gonna do what with a hammer?

Last week my neuroscience professor was lecturing about pain and wind up. To emphasize the degree of assault our bodies endure when we have orthopedic surgery he referred to such procedures are "glorified carpentry." And I thought about it. And yeah, it really is.

Repaired ankle fracture














Broken Femur

Intermedullary Rod for Tibia
















Yep, those surgeons really do take a hammer to your bones and whack away. No disrespect to the doctors of course. Still in utter amazement of what they do.

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