I entered medical school in 1959 and graduated in 1963. It was the first year of med school that I stopped by the coffee shop across the street from the school and saw a classmate sitting at the counter. I sat down and he was mumbling to himself, Never Lower Tilleys Pants, Mother Might Come Home. I’ve capitalized the words for a reason. I had to ask what the heck he was saying and he replied “a neumonic”. I had to ask What is a Neumonic! And he looked at me astounded. “You don’t know what a neumonic is?” I had to admit that I did not. It is the way to remember the carpal bones of the hand. Well, I had already memorized them so it was a little on deaf ears, but I was shocked that such a thing existed. And I had survived 4 years of pre-med without knowing such a thing…or even needed them. So, as I sit here ready to type in the answers, I “Googled” Neumonic and guess what came up. A bit mind boggling. There are more than one neumonics for the carpal bones. How did I ever survive without such things?
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