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|Slideshows|July 11, 2015
5 Absurd Medical Autocorrects
Author(s)Susan Kweskin
And now . . . the sequel to “The 10 Worst Medical Sentences Ever Written” that you’ve been waiting for!
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We recently published “The 10 Worst Medical Sentences Ever Written” slideshow-10 unadultered and unedited sentences culled from articles submitted by physicians to this Web site over the years. That slideshow got a lot of attention, and a number of you appended comments to tell of memorable transcription and autocorrect errors.Here we present 5 especially memorable autocorrect (autoincorrects?), and 1 transcription error that kept an MD up at night . . .Thanks for the comments! We hope you enjoy . . .
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