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March 28, 2007 |
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Preliminary Data
FOUND by Daniel Bremmer
in Brooklyn, New York
I was looking through vintage art book that a street vendor was selling on Bedford and found this. Just as I turned around to talk to the vendor, two policemen started harassing him about his merchandise. I figured he was busy enough and walked off with this piece of paper.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
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Hey, Doc! The missing point I in your plan had better have been, "Check to see if patient is insured!"
The patient seems very friendly and the person who intends to get acquainted should have an easy time. Who were in all the beds if the patients weren't? the visitors? Sounds like a psych ward.
My first impression was that this was a doctor's notes - most likely a psychatrist. Then I thought that maybe it was the notes of a scriptwriter writing some bone chilling movie that takes place in a psych ward.
But, really, I think it's a patient of a psych ward writing notes on another patient.
If it really was a doctor, then I wouldn't have been able to read the writing!
sounds almost like he/she's characterizing their role in a play and then describing a scene/setting.
I'd be interested in seeing it.
This doctor sounds pretty lame. Shouldn't he/she be more focussed on pertitent details about the patient's physical problems, rather than how many people are in the room, etc.
I wonder what point "I" was...
Where's Paul Harvey? I want the Rest of the Story!!!! Oh wait...is he dead?
Chatty patient, apparently.
Good thing there's no protected health information here, otherwise we'd have a HIPAA violation on our hands. Oh the horror.
i see crazy people...
Ahhh, Juicy Fruit.
Sounds like the notes of a student... just learning how to "observe" their patient. Explains why you can read their writing; give 'em another couple of years and it will be chicken scratch.
All i've gotta say about this find is that my from-scratch corned beef-flavored seitan made an AMAZING reuben last night. I owe Naughtyaelf many thanks for the recipe.
oh, that and do you think the boldness on "intend to get aquainted" indicates a prurient interest in the patient, or merely a dysfunctional (over-moist or leaking even) fountain pen?
I can only think that the "asleep" patient was only pretending to sleep to avoid conversating with these turkeys. And as the Pretender feigned sleep, he schemed of ways to escape the facility. Four beds, eight sheets. That's 48 feet and we're four storeys up. That should be enough, as I can always jump some. You know I'm not as nimble as I was when I was 19, but I still have some spring left. And this chatty Cathy should buy me some time. I can't wait to be done with hearing about the Utah Lake fishing trip that he went on when he was nine and how he caught his father in the back of the head with his lure. Christ, why am I here? No matter. I'll be free soon...I'll be free...free...
I work in the medical records department of a teaching hospital. I'll bet these are a med student's notes. I'm guessing late 1960s or early 70s. Medical students of that era were taught to set out their plan, their impressions, etc. The idea was to separate factual data like lab results from personal impressions and to integrate both into making a diagnosis and deciding on treatment. This sounds like a med student's first day on the psych ward.
Great, Rex. Just what we needed, more pen porn. (By the way, if your fountain pen is leaking, I suggest you get yourself to the clinic ASAP. [Hey, did I just say, "pen is leaking"? That was totally unintentional! Cool!])
Daniel, I don't know what is better here: the find, or your story behind the find. Both very intriguing.
My first impression was similar to Distracted's: a med student or an intern on his first field assignment--make a breakthrough with sample psych patient....
my passport app got sent back because the doc who signed the back of my photos hand writing was so messy.
I sort of think that this was someone studying a mental facility with the intent of painting it as an art class project--pick a subject and do an art study on it. Thus the attention to the appearance of the room and the location of the find.
RX: Super Spy Doctor? With out seeing objective I, my feel on this find is that this is an attempt for one phycho pt to learn how to be more socialable. Once this is accomplished, then maybe they will let me out!!!!
Interesting that a Dr. would admit he is going to try to establish a relationship with a patient. I've worked with Docs long enough to know, the Docs like to treat 'em and street 'em, forget talking to them or getting to know them. That's the nurse's job.
Jo in T-Town I agree! It stopped just before the good part! This sucks.
And I'm wondering about Paul Harvey myself. I listen to the radio when I leave for lunch and he's got some lame-ass filling in.
Even when the "founds" don't make me laugh Eggs always does. Thanks Eggs, I needed that one.
Hm. I get the impression that one of the patients wrote this - I've met several who are _absolutely sure_ that as soon as they can figure out how to look / act like a doctor, they get to leave.
Off topic:
Rex, I'm glad the recepie worked out for you! If you need more, let me know, I recovered from my hospital-induced case of work burnout (gad my managers were asshats!) by working as a cook at an organic foods deli. Vegetarian and vegan recepies.
weird. i'm a med student AND i know daniel bremmer!
still, this is a weird note, way too detailed for a patient chart, it's kind of like he's writing out his inner monologue, scrubs style
ps. hi dan! ;)
I CAN'T READ THIS. i'm TERRIBLE at reading other people's handwriting. i misread it as 'i'm going to get agnostic with the pizza' (seriously, what is that word that i thought was agnostic??? i can pretty much read the rest of it, but that one word mystifies me.)
ohhh...ACQUAINTED....sorry