It's not April first

[ginpixie]

If it weren't for the fact that the original case report was published in the Lancet, I'd think this was a hoax

The Vulcan race in the sci-fi TV series Star Trek have green blood, however in all Earth vertebrates it is red. This case report describes a patient who was found during surgery to have a dark green colouration subsequently ascribed to a

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[terridian]

This would be cooler if the doctor said during surgery "Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a Trekkie!"

I'd love to have been able to mess with his chart.

"Patient exhibits severe problems with his blood. HE'S A FUCKING VULCAN! Get him to the steps of Mount Silaya before his soul is lost forever! Dammit man, it's not surgery he needs, it's the refusion."

[ginpixie]

I'm pretty sure a whole lot of comments were made, but nothing facetious will have been put in print (or said around anyone who wasn't a member of staff) for fear of litigation. More's the pity.

[terridian]

The medical industry needs to watch more House.

[ginpixie]

and Boston Legal