tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post2789039129069377314..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Trivia answerGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-12683633965981275362023-08-02T14:47:29.480-04:002023-08-02T14:47:29.480-04:00Ah, yes, I also reference Ms Hufnagel periodically...Ah, yes, I also reference Ms Hufnagel periodically during health care conferences. Suprising how many people remember her. The Gen Xers just stare blankly...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72339490614973899572012-04-24T02:18:48.437-04:002012-04-24T02:18:48.437-04:00I mention that scene to patients when I push the w...I mention that scene to patients when I push the wrong bed buttons!! I'm glad I'm not the only one that remembers it! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72288829157066118382012-03-29T22:26:34.712-04:002012-03-29T22:26:34.712-04:00couldn't we just use it as a charting shorthan...couldn't we just use it as a charting shorthand for "abusive and rude patient"? there's a great list of British chart shorthands, most rude, somewhere out on the internets. my favorite was "handbag positive" for an elderly demented woman clutching her handbag in the hospital.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144846499952251826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58892394930549447592012-02-21T13:30:39.795-05:002012-02-21T13:30:39.795-05:00"Hufnagel on a half-shell""Hufnagel on a half-shell"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62919592207918015942012-02-20T04:16:55.519-05:002012-02-20T04:16:55.519-05:00Confession: I tried to google it myself.Confession: I tried to google it myself.Justin Unboundedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283581605417037373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37439648255166609762012-02-19T14:56:16.196-05:002012-02-19T14:56:16.196-05:00Loved St. Elsewhere! I remember the episode where...Loved St. Elsewhere! I remember the episode where Mrs Hufnagel got trapped in the bed -- laughed and laughed. I still use "St Elsewhere" as a location when I ask patients where they had their previous scns done, and all they can tell me -- "that office downtown, somewhere near Yonge St."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-45187357075315639702012-02-19T12:18:51.257-05:002012-02-19T12:18:51.257-05:00For every syndrome, there is an equal and opposite...For every syndrome, there is an equal and opposite re-syndrome. In this case, for every jerk patient, there's a jerk doctor or nurse.<br /><br />I once went to a doctor about a rash. She was supremely uninterested 'til she noticed in my notes that another doctor had written that I was gay.<br /><br />She then treated me to a ten minute lecture on safe sex, with the implication that STDs were divine justice.<br /><br />A month later, there was a different name on her door.Kapitanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647896216499813443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63932453317303441162012-02-19T09:31:57.966-05:002012-02-19T09:31:57.966-05:00I loved St. Elsewhere.
But who remembers the ORIGI...I loved St. Elsewhere.<br />But who remembers the ORIGINAL concept of St. Elsewhere?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That's right....."House of God"Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308655409776337095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17646578887070029382012-02-18T22:35:45.753-05:002012-02-18T22:35:45.753-05:00I laughed as soon as I read the name of the diseas...I laughed as soon as I read the name of the disease. I knew that is what it was. I loved St. Elsewhere.Aunt Murryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483624727707706389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79168406359212565172012-02-18T13:16:49.000-05:002012-02-18T13:16:49.000-05:00Hufnagel is German/Yiddish for a nail in a horse&#...Hufnagel is German/Yiddish for a nail in a horse's or donkey's hoof. Thus the derived meaning of 'a pain in the ass'? ;)Ole Phat Stuhttp://www.savory.de/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-32778195183658791622012-02-18T12:16:03.799-05:002012-02-18T12:16:03.799-05:00My parents and grandparents used to make me watch ...My parents and grandparents used to make me watch this show in India in the hope that it would inspire me to be a doctor but it didnt work lol <br />BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69262150354863338782012-02-18T11:18:13.212-05:002012-02-18T11:18:13.212-05:00Alternatively, it could be "being trapped in ...Alternatively, it could be "being trapped in a snow globe by an autistic child."thethingspatientssayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09926686175578949475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47021879147957121922012-02-18T11:02:17.579-05:002012-02-18T11:02:17.579-05:00For me Hufnagel is a name from a cartoon I watched...For me Hufnagel is a name from a cartoon I watched when I was a kid. It was a Hungarian family cartoon and there was a lady who was always unhappy with her husband. Her favorite saying was "Why, o, why didn't I marry Pishta Hufnagel, when I had the chance".xedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018801165629187230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-57010076939253957372012-02-18T10:59:09.801-05:002012-02-18T10:59:09.801-05:00Ah, death by the electric gomer bed. Bummer!Ah, death by the electric gomer bed. Bummer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68008998993727073482012-02-18T10:50:28.760-05:002012-02-18T10:50:28.760-05:00Also explains why the doctors decided to use the n...Also explains why the doctors decided to use the name 'St Elsewhere' for the location of the Kardex, patient notes etc on the OSCE stations in my Finals exam this week.Mr Mobiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806554696099631208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7184650585485135382012-02-18T10:43:17.233-05:002012-02-18T10:43:17.233-05:00What I found when looking for it was the apparentl...What I found when looking for it was the apparently controversial doctor Vicki Hufnagel and a lot of information about "female reconstructive surgery" as an alternative to hysterectomies.<br /><br />I like your original better.Dave Trowbridgehttp://www.davetrowbridge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-33796180547351273092012-02-18T10:41:47.843-05:002012-02-18T10:41:47.843-05:00I *loved* St Elsewhere!!! Can't remember many ...I *loved* St Elsewhere!!! Can't remember many of the names now but do remember the episode where just about every character called Ehrlich a pig... It was a good show, funny and occasionally heartbreaking.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.com