At 7.30, after morning breakfast <br />it was the parasitology exam... <br />I had some 40 worms <br />to memorise — <br />Latin names, contamination, size, <br />colour, cycle, treatment, diagnosis, <br />signs clinical and otherwise, <br />as well as prophylaxy, reproduction, <br />not to mention all the different <br />types of eggs, <br />their shape and size. <br />These 40 worms I carried in my head, <br />a salad mix you might have said. <br />One question I found pretty hard <br />concerned a man with diarrhoea, <br />nausea and restless fever. <br />I knew 30 worms that could cause that <br />but this was special for the man <br />had hypereosinophilia <br />of five percent; percentages <br />are different for each worm. <br />I had a guess and chose <br />the species, saginata <br />of the genus, Teniae <br />And thanks to Lady Luck, <br />by all the gods, I got it right! <br />Tomorrow we’ll be tested in diseases. <br /> <br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-parasitology-exam/
