Medical literature humour

Posted with permission of the compiler, Donna Beales. These were all really published; they are indexed in PubMed.

1: Horseman RE.
Scientists espresso their glee over caffeine study.
J Calif Dent Assoc. 2004 Mar;32(3):274, 273. No abstract available.
PMID: 15119566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

2: Aggarwal SK, Bhagirath V, Loubani M.
MDs 'R' Us: holiday ideas for that special physician:.
CMAJ. 2003 Dec 9;169(12):1326-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 14662682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

3: Borins M.
Are you suffering from a laugh deficiency disorder?
Can Fam Physician. 2003 Jun;49:723-4, 730-2. English, French. No abstract
available.
PMID: 12836856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

4: Friedman JH.
Alien abductions as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease [April Fool].
Med Health R I. 2003 Apr;86(4):90. No abstract available.
PMID: 12751359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Paret C.
[Clowns in hospitals or the wonderful story of a successful collaboration]
Rev Infirm. 2002 Nov;(85):41-3. French. No abstract available.
PMID: 12510531 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: Kauppinen R, Sariola H.
[Choosing the side in a double bed: acquired, inherited or sex-related trait?]
Duodecim. 1999;115(23):2645-50. Finnish. No abstract available.
PMID: 11974071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Radcliffe M.
Hanging out by the gene pool.
Nurs Times. 2000 Jul 6-12;96(27):196. No abstract available.
PMID: 11963094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Boulis NM.
Diversions. There was a young surgeon who swallowed a flea.
CMAJ. 2001 Dec 11;165(12):1613-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 11841015 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9: Patterson R, Stewart-Patterson C.
The well-made bed: an unappreciated public health risk.
CMAJ. 2001 Dec 11;165(12):1591-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 11841009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

10: Horseman RE.
Medical treatment that sucks.
J Calif Dent Assoc. 2001 Nov;29(11):794, 793. No abstract available.
PMID: 11806058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

11: [No authors listed]
How do you cross an armadillo with a porcupine and other problems that arise from naming proteins. By Caveman.
J Cell Sci. 2001 Sep;114(Pt 18):3213-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 11591809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

12: Galler J.
Confessions of a continuing education junkie: or, how I survived an excruciatingly boring dental lecture.
N Y State Dent J. 2001 Jun-Jul;67(6):20-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 11501240 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

13: Carter J.
Are we having fun yet?
Mich Health Hosp. 2001 Jul-Aug;37(4):60-1.
PMID: 11467131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

14: Greene AR.
Computers, doctors, and toilet training.
MedGenMed. 2000 Dec 11;2(6):E5. No abstract available.
PMID: 11335855 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

15: Spitzer P.
The clown doctors.
Aust Fam Physician. 2001 Jan;30(1):12-6.
PMID: 11211705 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

16: Shea SE, Gordon K, Hawkins A, Kawchuk J, Smith D.
Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on
A.A. Milne.
CMAJ. 2000 Dec 12;163(12):1557-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 11153486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

17: Brackley PT, Haywood RM.
Stop those hopping mad surgeons.
Br J Plast Surg. 2001 Jan;54(1):88. No abstract available.
PMID: 11121338 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

18: Blickensderfer L.
Someday we'll laugh about this.
Nurs Manage. 1999 Aug;30(8):45-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 10562103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

19: Go K.
Constipation among operating room nurses: flatulence as evidence.
Semin Perioper Nurs. 1999 Apr;8(2):85-7.
PMID: 10455822 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

20: Yeo M.
To boldly go: we have to look beyond The Simpsons for a true medical hero.
CMAJ. 1998 Dec 15;159(12):1476-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 9988569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

21: Hall PF.
Hissy fits revividus.
CMAJ. 1998 Dec 15;159(12):1478-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 9875255 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

22: Osmun WE, Naugler C.
The impact of hissy fits in primary care.
CMAJ. 1998 Dec 15;159(12):1457-9.
PMID: 9875249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

23: Dirckx JH.
Ridiculitis: more [sic] humor.
Am J Dermatopathol. 1998 Aug;20(4):425-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 9776691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

24: Cooke F, Morse R.
Do you know your chocolates? Recognition survey among medical staff of various
grades.
BMJ. 1997 Dec 20-27;315(7123):1655-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 9448530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

25: Hatton RC.
Why aren't pharmacists funny?
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1996 Oct 15;53(20):2521-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 8899129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

26: Horseman RE.
How to fire a patient.
J Calif Dent Assoc. 1996 Sep;24(9):98, 97. No abstract available.
PMID: 9120618 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

27: [No authors listed]
Pandemonium General Hospital (The Department of Redundancy Department).
Adm Radiol. 1994 Aug;13(8):24, 28-34, 39-58. No abstract available.
PMID: 10138355 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

28: Payette P.
Humor in a hospital--that's a laugh.
Ky Hosp Mag. 1993 Spring;10(2):14-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 10125440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

29: Fred HL, Robie P.
Dizzy medical writing: will it never end?
South Med J. 1991 Jun;84(6):755-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 2052966 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

30: Wilhite M.
Chronically dead persons.
ABNF J. 1991 Fall;2(4):85-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 1764613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

31: Fox JS, Bell GR, Sweeney PJ.
Are orthopaedic surgeons really gorillas?
BMJ. 1990 Dec 22-29;301(6766):1425-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 2279160 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

32: Jolleys JC, Jolleys JV.
Injuries sustained by recipients of 'roly-poly kissograms'.
Br J Gen Pract. 1990 Dec;40(341):516. No abstract available.
PMID: 2282233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

33: Brouillette JN.
Doctors eat quiche and they become wimps and grunts.
J Fla Med Assoc. 1990 Feb;77(2):78. No abstract available.
PMID: 2307955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

34: Tangredi BP.
Liposuction for cats?
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1989 Apr 15;194(8):1006. No abstract available.
PMID: 2708100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

35: Dennis JL.
How to drive doctors crazy and ease them into malpractice suits.
Postgrad Med. 1983 Jun;73(6):303-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 6856537 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

36: Bombeck E.
Napping could be next craze.
J Fla Med Assoc. 1980 Apr;67(4):409. No abstract available.
PMID: 7381396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

37: Crawshaw R.
What to do with the bean from a patient's ear.
Arch Intern Med. 1973 Feb;131(2):278-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 4682989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

38: Levitt MD, Bond JH Jr.
Volume, composition, and source of intestinal gas.
Gastroenterology. 1970 Dec;59(6):921-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 5486278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

39: Patterson S.
Windy babies.
Med J Aust. 1966 Mar 19;1(12):506-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 5930734 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

40: Fy C, Hm K.
Is talking to an automated teller machine natural and fun?
Ergonomics. 2003 Oct 20-Nov 15;46(13-14):1386-407.
PMID: 14612327 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

41: Dick T.
Maximum fun level. Working with a slug.
Emerg Med Serv. 2003 Apr;32(4):44-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 12705215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

42: Koshland DE Jr.
How to get paid for having fun.
Annu Rev Biochem. 1996;65:1-13.
PMID: 8811172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

43: Taller SL.
Who says being a doctor is still fun?
West J Med. 1994 May;160(5):487; author reply 487-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 8048250 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

44: [No authors listed]
Unusual volunteers sniff out fun in hospital's halls.
Hosp Patient Relat Rep. 1992 Mar;7(3):6-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 10117688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

45: Stiehm ER.
Being just a husband is no fun.
Am J Dis Child. 1989 Dec;143(12):1401-2.
PMID: 2589271 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

46: Cantor WL.
Are we all just stupid?
Ear Nose Throat J. 2001 Feb;80(2):117. No abstract available.
PMID: 11233343 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

47: Gardner E.
The trials, tribulations of being a guinea pig.
Mod Healthc. 1992 May 11;22(19):37-44, 48, 52 passim. Erratum in: Mod
Healthc
1992 Jun 8;22(23):38.
PMID: 10117627 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

48: Muntz HR.
The use of silly putty as an ear plug.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Mar;121(3):354. No abstract available.
PMID: 7873157 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE