14 SEP 2011 by ideonexus

 Twenty Thousand Devils Playing Upon the Point of a Needle

It was a standing joke of [Dr. Chapman] to quote old Leuwenhoeck as having discovered 'twenty thousand devils playing upon the point of a needle' thus foreshadowing some of the most remarkable discoveries of the present day, especially disease germs.
Folksonomies: metaphor pathology germs
Folksonomies: metaphor pathology germs
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A quote from Leuwenhoeck taken as foreshadowing disease germs.

30 AUG 2011 by ideonexus

 While the Patient is Alive, the Urine is Ours

When the patient dies the kidneys may go to the pathologist, but while he lives the urine is ours. It can provide us day by day, month by month, and year by year, with a serial story of the major events going on within the kidney.
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Addis remarks on learning about the state of the patient's kidneys from urine tests.