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Thinking Ahead

An inexpensive and edible aid for the diagnosis of puberty in the male: multispecies evaluation of an alternative orchidometer

BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7327.1486 (Published 22 December 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:1486

Rapid Response:

Sorry to be so serious

Yes medicine is a serious business. But if you cannot laugh at
oneself, (even if everybody else is laughing at you) you should maybe go
to a class that works on your sense of humour. Enough said this is a
serious piece of work, medical instruments are very expensive, possibly
far to expensive, if you are from Africa you would agree with this. This
paper allows one to become totally creative and design cost effective
instruments to replace expensive instruments you would not be able to
purchase otherwise.

I know that I will never again look at chocolate covered sweeties the
same way as before. They are no longer just food items. PS do not do this
trial with cats, they have no such intrest in such things.
PPS Gerbils on the other hand can not be trusted to leave sweeties alone
they always chew everything.

My warmest regards and wishing that further great works of scientific
endeavour find their way into the Worlds journals.

Competing interests:  
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

23 January 2003
Leon J Herbert
Hard worker
UVA 22902