Medical Students Profile Middle-Earth's Gollum 164
An anonymous reader writes "Several medical students and a lecturer in 'old age psychiatry' have written up their analysis and final diagnosis of Gollum in the British Medical Journal. Other readers note the possibility of metal toxicity from the One Ring in their Rapid Responses." Hopefully everyone has had a few days off to 'Research' this by watching RotK's extended cut.
Lead poisoning! (Score:4, Funny)
Site's melted.
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
HIPAA Violation! (Score:5, Funny)
Gollums equipment (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know about Gollum... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)
I mean, Master of Arts in Klingon?
Reminds of of an old Styx tune .... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:star wars & neurology (Score:2, Funny)
So... it... must-be-named... after-William....... Shat-NER!
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
And who says that those symptoms HAVE to come from firsthand observation? If they did, no doctor could ever phone up a colleague for a consultation, or derive any worthwhile conclusions from reading a patient's chart.
In fact, I once read a rather interresting passage in a novel about a retired physician who intended to spend his declining years diagnosing the maladys of the characters from great works of literature. The example given is from Hamlet. In Act III, Scene IV, Hamlet kills Polonius, and proceeds to hide the body. According to what I read, it could be derived from Hamlet's responses in Act IV, Scene I to queries as to the body's location (e.g. "if you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.") and others that Hamlet had hid the body in with the King's chamber-pot (to mask the smell of rot), and it was unlikely to be found accidentally, as the King suffered from constipation.
Unfortunately, I believe that the novel was borrowed, as I can't find it on my shelves.
Re:Gollums equipment (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
. . .the final diagnosis is schizoid personality disorder.
Unfortunately, the diagnosis comes too late to help poor Gollum who refused to seek professional help and died during the commission of a theft. Let this be a warning to all who suddenly develop a taste for sushi and flashy jewelry to seek help from your local Elf immediately.
House (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
But it's hard to pickup chicks when you can speak Klingon, except other chicks that also speak Klingon.
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Must complete clinicals. Only then, a doctor .... (Score:3, Funny)