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What I mean is that Grays anatomy was written a VERY VERY long time ago. So it should be out of copyright. In Australia I can pick up a version for about $35, hang on, USA has different copyright terms. That could explain it. :aha: But yeah I hear you on textbooks. I spent 800 on texts+materials when I was doing my 1st year nursing And we were considered fortunate. husmusen.

The line drawings in grays are a work of art. But 153 is a rip off for a book that, as far as I know, is public domain. Husmusen.

Spynal Meninjitus. Ecleptic seizures. Mofin (Think about it a bit) I've probably just made JohnB scared of going to hospital. husmusen

Abort, Retry, Wallop. The big one for me is walking, say I normally walk to the supermarket, but today I've decided to go to the park. I'll start thinking deeply about something and suddenly I realise I've stopped walking and I'm infront of the supermarket. Yep I have built in autopilot husmusen

Ascitic fluid is, by definition, fluid in the peritoneum. Fluid that leaks elsewhere, e.g. the ankles, is not called ascites. If you are interested in a really in depth understanding of this system I suggest you read an A&P textbook. Marieb's Essentials of A&P is a good introductory text. But for now From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascites Husmusen

The big bellies in Africa is due to something called "ascites". It's caused by, among many things, Protein-Energy starvation. Human blood has a set of proteins in it(albumin), that prevent the blood from leaking through blood vessel walls, but in starving people, the body cannot manufacture enough of this protein, so blood serum(the straw coloured fluid left after you take all the particulates out) leaks into the abdominal cavity. Hence big bellies full of fluid. husmusen.

Backs are very resilient, if your avatar is any guide you are c. 20y+-5 old, I don't think a single bump is going to do anything. So my good nurse advice is to go have it checked out by a medical professional. My practical advice is give it a week, if it still hurts then worry and go see the doc. One of the niceties of being young is that most damage regenerates fairly well. Just don't hurt it again in the week, and dont lean right out over a table or bed for something in that week. An awful lot of back pain is muscular, so try rubbing some menthol/salicylate cream(you can get it from any pharmacy) into your back. Get someone else to do this rather than bending your back into interesting contortions trying to reach. That stuff works pretty well on muscle pain. NB, if you get pins and needles in your legs, or arms, or an electric shock feeling everytime you move your neck, or bend over or twist your back you go straight to the ED. If the pain suddenly intensifies, you go straight to the ED. And make sure you tell them you got banged up in a car accident. husmusen

And that ladies and gents is how a political ad can completely blow up in your face. husmusen

Agreed, St Johns wart is a DRUG, just because it's made by a plant rather than a machine, doesn't make it any less of a drug, and it doesn't make it automatically safe to use haphazzardly. The active ingredient in White spotted fly mushroom(it should be toadstool) for example is also a "natural" substance and it's rather toxic. However the good thing is that your Doc should know all about St Johns Wart(if he professes ignorance find another doc), and how best you can switch over to it, and if it doesn't work your doc can switch you back. Husmusen

Nope, some are highly invase, like strands growing through the tissue. Others are big lumps. Some look a lot like an omelette in shape and texture. They can also present as ulcerating. They can grow as cauliflower like necrotising wounds. I'll link some pics at the bottom. Cancers can form from just about any body tissue, they can even be composed of multiple different body tissues. See Teratoma. Each cancer has it's own different way of growing, and IIRC they have just discovered that bowel cancer may be over 50 different kinds of cancer(on the genetics/protein level) which explains why some people go home cured and in other people the chemo rather than killing it almost promotes it. For example Carcinomas derive from epithelial cells. Sarcomas Connective tissue. Gliomas Brain tumors basically. And they all grow differantly, even the same cancer will grow different in different people. So you have topology and morphology. Basically fancy words for "where it is" and "what type it is/how it grows." EG, you have melanomas which present as these tine little lesions on the skin, then basically grows straight down and invades everything it can as fast as it can. Then you have lipomas, which are benign, they are basically fat grow slowly and dont spread. They generally spread through the lymph system, I had an interesting patient once who had cancer in his foot of all places and you could actually trace his lymph system by the cancer lumps, Basically each lymph node trapped the cancer cells, which multiplied relentlessly eventually killing the node and escapeing to the next node etc. So if you ever find yourself with lumps on your foot which multiply upwards, try to come in before it hits your knee. It makes our job >Much< easier. Husmusen Further Reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer A slide of tissue level sarcoma. http://erl.pathology.iupui.edu/C603/GENE298.HTM An advanced basal cell carcinoma kaposis Sarcoma A fungating wound:-

Similar in what ways, Anna Karaenina covers a lot of ground. It's hard to say without knowing more about your project. As a generic option you might try Pushkins the Captains Daughter. It has a relationship as it's primary theme, set in a historical canvas. Husmusen

Well, uniforms don't do anything to stop bullying, all the schools I went to in Australia had uniforms, there were good schools and bad schools, bullying ranged from taunts to stabbings. I have nothing against uniforms, but could they just get a bit of taste. I see the other countries schools and there is blue and red and white and all sorts of colours. Vs Aussie High schools different shades of grey. And the buildings were grey too, and it all blended in so much you could accidentally walk into people because it was like perfect camoflage (allright I'm exaggerating a little bit but not much). What you must watch out for though is if a school gets it's logo on it, you then have a monopoly uniform supplier and uniforms can suddenly be a major school expense. Husmusen

I suppose it would require at least a functional nucleus for the Sino-Atrial node. Or is their some alternate means that the foetal heart uses to contract?

That assumes that the new equipment was better, not always the case in hospital sometimes "cheaper" is more important in the eyes of hospital management. Husmusen

I've always found checking the opponents king to be the better strategy If you meant checking(with the) queen, that's why you get a stalemate, no single piece can checkmate a free king. You either have to block your opponents king in by some means i.e. his own peices, or use more than 1 of your peices to force mate. http://www.chesscentral.com/novice/play_chess_chess_strategy.htm For beginners I recommend the two castles of doom. (Or a Castle and a Queen) as a good way to matt. Also play slowly when you can, a single game of chess where every move is thought deeply about is worth ten hurried games. P.S. Welcome to the true world game Husmusen