60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes…: With Rhyme and Some Reason
By Robert Kerin MD and Claire Kerin
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60 Timely Thoughts in 60 Minutes… - Robert Kerin MD
60 Timely Thoughts
In 60 Minutes…
With RHYME and some REASON
Original Limericks by Robert Kerin, MD
Illustrations by Claire Kerin
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Medical
Enter With Care
Cigarette Smoke
Double Bonds May Double Cross
Ease
Anxiety
Anxiety And Worry
Depression
Socialized Care
Rapid Repair
Flawless Medicine
Which Side, Which Pill?
The Foolish Mind
Caskets Don’t Have Pockets
Mash
A Battery For Bone
Whose Face In The Mirror?
The Priceless Crown
Dr. Death
The Sirens Of Long Island Sound
Town Gown In Medicine
The Grateful
Patient
Birthdays
Miss Fullcharge
The Hospital Till
The Resident Staff
The Nightmare
Club Eighteen Percent
Senior Care
Self Care
The Best Cure Is Prevention
Alpha Tocopheryl
Five On Physiology And Pathology
Ode To The Ovary
Influenza
The Best Medical Visit
Reflective
If Only
Imagination
Profit And Pleasure
The Spoken Word
Who, What, Where, And When?
The True Side
Indigestion
Bureaucracy
English 101
Well
I
Even A Fish
The World Of Legalese
Three Score And Ten
The Fiefdom Array
Off-Color
Fly Piece And Eye Piece
The Fly Zone
Jack In The Box
Jack And Bill
Lightning Bug
Mating Time
Sexual Harassment Then And Now
The Gulf Stream
The Love Of The Louse
A Hard Choice
Epilogue
INTRODUCTION
As the years unfolded for me, a recurring desire was trying to rhyme words. Limericks offered the opportunity along with the challenge of meter. Of the many that have been penned, I have summoned the courage to select those enclosed, sprinkled with satire and a dash of poetic license. One target of the satire is the system of medical care existing for patients and doctors alike. For both, insurance carriers and the federal government dictate the parameters within which care may be dispensed. No longer do doctors have the independence to hang out a shingle
like dentists still do, and establish a solo practice. For the most part, group practice prevails, time constraints exist, care is less personal, and medicine has become a business, as it has to for anyone to survive. While my crystal ball is murky, the future does not look too enticing for medicine.
All my research indicates that the term limerick
may hail from Ireland (probably a pub), where it designates