Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 105

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 105Question 1Rodney Dangerfield, the comedian, attends your emergency department. Complete his presenting complaint  “I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had…“?Reveal Answerexpand(document.getElementById('ddet114141590'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink114141590'))…an olive in itQuestion 2If one orders a Brompton’s cocktail, what might one get?Reveal Answerexpand(document.getElementById('ddet383681379'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink383681379'))Non-commercial hospital grade analgesic/sedativeMore commonly known as Brompton’s mixtureIt contains the potent combination of morphine, cocaine, (occasionally) chlorpromazine, (mainly) alcohol and cherry syrup (initially chloroform as well).[Reference]It was named after the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and was used in the 1920-30’s for post-thoracotomy pain/tuberculosis.Question 3What is the most poisonous snake in the world?Reveal Answerexpand(document.getElementById('ddet94361530'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink94361530'))The grass snake (Rhabdophis tigrinus)The yamakagashi or Japanese grass snake to be precise.The question is all about semanticsPoison does you harm when you ingest it; venom does you harm when it’s injected into you.It’s “poisonous” when you bite it – it’s “venomous” when it bites you.[Reference]…hence the Japanese grass snake is the most poisonous snak...
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