Tuesday, March 21, 2006

The Famous Pathologist Comments

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His letterhead showed five degrees
post nominals like swarming bees.
A summary of past achievement
this morning's subject was bereavement.
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Herbert Nehrlich
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Mahnaz Zardoust-Ahari 21 March 2006

I think it could be put other things in life as well. So many people don't think how disrespectful they are. You did a great job of showing this. Nicely done!

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Raynette Eitel 21 March 2006

Herbert, this inside look into a pathologist's day is chilling...and there of course is that disconnect between the purely scientific look at a life (examining the victim under a microscope) and a sad, wasted life. Very well written Raynette

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Herbert Nehrlich1 21 March 2006

Scarlett, this is a true story. The Pathologist was presented in a one page summary of his greatness and achievements. He signed the report, of course and did not catch the gross misspelling of the victim's name. It was spelled three different ways (no it was not Eddie) and I think he didn't care. But if he did catch it it wasn't important enough to put that one small piece back into the puzzle, that little bit of dignity. H

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Scarlett Treat 21 March 2006

Herbert, I see the sad waste of a young life, and maybe this poem will make someone think - when your body hits that slab in the morgue, none care. You just become an experiment, a piece of meat to be cut, then move on. How sad to see a life come to this. Scaralett

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Gina Onyemaechi 21 March 2006

A cutting satire (no pun intended) . Gina.

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Emma Johnson 21 March 2006

This poem should be urgently published in a medical journal because from my personal experience some in the medical profession require new private lessons in ethics and should be reminded that the living and the dead both deserve respect. This is what I call constructive Art, Herbert. Ten. Susie.

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