I had forgotten it was a full moon...
Our Unit is built a bit like Dr Strangelove's bunker...there are few windows and they are small and made of frosted glass so members of the public walking past can't accidentally look in a window and get nauseous when they see a naked pale ugly person being examined...
(...we have vomit bags...)
...and my consulting room doesn't have a window,frosted or otherwise.
The patient was 26 years old...
...unemployed...
...single and living alone...
...and happened to have epilepsy...
...and hadn't taken his medicines for a week...
...had been drinking a mixture of whatever alcohol he could find for 3 days...
...and judging by the pinpoint size of his (reactive) pupils had been doing some opiate drugs as well...
...who may have had a seizure in the bathroom of his cousins house...
...and who did sustain a head injury when he fell,judging from the (reported) amount of blood on the sink and bathroom floor...
...and the amount of blood on his head and shirt...
...who was semi-conscious...
...and combative...
And so naturally his cousin poured him into a taxi which brought him to our little Minor Injuries Unit...
...where I phoned 999 before I did anything else...
(...okay...we ran an ALS sequence and stabilised his airway first...)
...and it was the paramedic who reminded me that it was a full moon.
Lordy lordy...I wish I had some silver bullets...
...so I went home and made some...
Recipe
2 1/2 oz Gin
1 1/2 tsp Scotch or Irish or Bourbon
1 twist lemon peel
In a mixng glass half-filled with ice cubes, combine the gin and Scotch.
Stir well.
Strain into a shot glass.
Carnish with the lemon twist.
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