1-3-07

Good Evening.

Please note the fun new way to write the date! Yes, it is March 1st. I have mid-terms coming up and will let you enjoy something special for this post… A fun movie, that is a dissection of the spinal cord–A frightening experience but worth your watching for a few minutes if you have a Quicktime viewer. Pay close attention to the discussion of the procedure which involves the removal of the vertebral laminae. That’s right, basically what a LAMINECTOMY is. See why the great Dr. Sarno suggested relaxation over surgery in those cases in which it is not a real medical emergency?

Also of course check out the dura mater and related meninges-what gets infected during MENINGITIS, a very unpleasant problem, whose bacterial form is becoming an increasingly serious nuisance in pediatric populations.

Spinal Cord