Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 193

LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 193. Question 1 Who discovered DNA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet74617630'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink74617630')) Not Crick, Watson or Rosalind Franklin but Johannes Friedrich Miescher He took bandages soaked in blood and pus from Prussian soldiers in a local hospital, and mixed them with enzymes from a pig’s stomach. They produced a grey goo he assumed was a protein, but it didn’t act like one. He called it ‘nuclein’. If you don’t want to do the same experiment you can swish some salt water around your cheeks, spit it into a glass containing more salt water and a teaspoon of washing-up liquid and mix for a minute or so. Then pour some ice cold vodka slowly into the glass so it forms a layer on top of the salt water. In a couple of minutes you’ll see white strings start to form. [Reference] Question 2 Which finger would you sacrifice first if you had to? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet703575096'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink703575096')) After y...
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