Dox Dillema 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
STORY #1(Not quite a Darwin But He Did His Best)
I am a doctor working in accidents & emergency medicine in the UK. Even before coming in contact with your website, the stupidity inherent in the human animal has prompted me to re-name some members of our species 'Homo non-sapien'.
Here's one example.
One blistering hot summer's day in Doncaster Royal Infirmary, two men presented to me. The erstwhile patient did'nt appear very worried, but his friend was!
The patient said (in a somewhat thick voice) 'We were having a drink sitting in the garden of this pub, Doc , when I felt something furry in my throat, when I took a swig of lager. So I opened my mouth to show my friend and he said I had a wasp in my mouth. I was going to spit it out, when it stung me on my tongue.'
I asked him what he did.
In a noticably thicker voice, and by now labouring for breath, he said,(quite indignantly) 'Well, I could'nt let it go, could I? So I swallowed it down; it stung me in the back of me throat as well. I did'nt want to come and bother you but my friend made me.'
By now he had developed central cyanosis( turning blue around the lips for lack of Oxygen), and was developing stridor(wheezing due to upper airway obstructon).
Only emrgency treatment with Adrenaline, steroids and an emergency tracheostomy saved him.
I would be most obliged if you kept my contribution anonymous; although this particular injury is common, this level of imbecility usually is'nt.
The incident happened in Doncaster Royal Infirmiry in June 1999.
It has'nt been reported in medical journals, and patient cofidentiality issues prevent me from publishing this man's further details.
Hope to share more stories soon. Submitted on 01/22/2003
Submitted by:
rajamona@hotmail.com
Reference:
Various A&E Departments in the
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