04 August 2006

learning about anemia

I am writing a program about anemia. Today, I came across this little tidbit of information. Enjoy.

"In what can only be described as a disgusting experiment, Castle ate red meat, made himself vomit, and then had patients eat it. But it worked -- his regurgitated stomach contents were as effective as liver. The stomach, he decided, normally contains an "intrinsic factor" that together with an "extrinsic factor" in meat is necessary for red blood cell formation."

Yummy.

1 comment:

i am not said...

speechless. now i will go eat my oatmeal (which, btw, looks like regurgitated stomach matter)