Sunday, April 02, 2006

Impressed they are...

I could still recall few weeks ago, when my PDA stunned everyone in my team.

It was my department's bi-weekly X-ray conference with the radiology unit. Half way through the meeting, the radiologist mentioned a syndrome called "Maffucci Syndrome", but she could not really recall the exact definition of it. Everyone in the hall was puzzled with this bombastic term anyway. I saw my specialist even scratching his head looking puzzled too.

Then I whipped out my Pocket PC and ran through the syndrome list from a freeware called "Eponyms" and whoalah... "Maffucci Syndrome is enchondromatosis associated with soft tissue hemangiomas; associated with ovarian carcinomas and brain gliomas; essentially Ollier's disease with hemangiomas".

After blurping out those statements, I could see everyone in the hall staring at me in envy. Then my specialist broke the silence by saying,"Gosh, I think your that little computer can replace all the textbooks in the market now!"

Indeed it can! :)

1 comment:

Chen said...

Eponyms is a very useful programme.. and better still, it is free !! I have been using this programme for the past few years, and definitely... no regret :)