[Perspectives] CHEMO MAN—or how we used to remember
Summary
It caught my attention one Sunday as I did inpatient rounds. Pinned to a corkboard, fading slightly at the edges, the drawing looked almost childish at first glance. A smiling stick figure labelled CHEMO MAN, organs sketched in block letters and arrows pointing outwards with names of drugs and toxicities carefully written in pen. Doxorubicin for the heart. Bleomycin for the lungs. Cisplatin for the kidneys. Methotre…
It caught my attention one Sunday as I did inpatient rounds. Pinned to a corkboard, fading slightly at the edges, the drawing looked almost childish at first glance. A smiling stick figure labelled CHEMO MAN, organs sketched in block letters and arrows pointing outwards with names of drugs and toxicities carefully written in pen. Doxorubicin for the heart. Bleomycin for the lungs. Cisplatin for the kidneys. Methotrexate for the liver. Vincristine for the nerves. A mnemonic rendered as a body and, unintentionally, a theory of learning.