The Emmerson Biggins sign is clearly demonstrated on this Xray by symmetric soft-tissue densities that project laterally from the mid chest. This poor young woman is burdened by a certain top-heaviness, a certain tendency to fall forward, and a tendency for her condition to draw the stares of construction workers, auto-mechanics, fraternity members, heterosexual men, and jealous women. In extreme cases the patient may suffer from chronic low back pain and need orthopedic consultation for bracing and counter-weighting to correct problems with ambulation and navigating narrow doorways. Research is ongoing but, for some reason, funding is hard to come by. This affliction has gained some notoriety in the press from it's most famous victims, Dolly Parton and Dixie Dynamite, who have managed to parlay it into a career.
Random thoughts from a few cantankerous American physicians. All contributors are board certified. Various specialties are represented here. I do not know where this will lead but hope it will at least be an enjoyable read. All of the names mentioned in this blog are pseudonyms, the ages have been changed, and in half the cases the gender as well. All photographs are published with patient consent or are digitally altered to preserve anonymity. Trust us, we're doctors.
Monday, March 26, 2007
The Emmerson Biggins Sign
The Emmerson Biggins sign is clearly demonstrated on this Xray by symmetric soft-tissue densities that project laterally from the mid chest. This poor young woman is burdened by a certain top-heaviness, a certain tendency to fall forward, and a tendency for her condition to draw the stares of construction workers, auto-mechanics, fraternity members, heterosexual men, and jealous women. In extreme cases the patient may suffer from chronic low back pain and need orthopedic consultation for bracing and counter-weighting to correct problems with ambulation and navigating narrow doorways. Research is ongoing but, for some reason, funding is hard to come by. This affliction has gained some notoriety in the press from it's most famous victims, Dolly Parton and Dixie Dynamite, who have managed to parlay it into a career.
2 words-motor boat.
ReplyDeleteDamn, I'm getting slow. I almost googled "Emmerson Biggins sign" before I read it again and figured it out.
ReplyDeleteBummre for the lady, though.
THemmons ain't just big, they is perky!
ReplyDeleteI feel so old.
I want to wear those like a russian hat.
ReplyDeleteApparently y'all are a buncha men. Dirty old men. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt also took me a few to figure out the "Emmerson Biggins" sign.
dirty, yes. old, not so much but getting closer every day.
ReplyDelete"Check out the funbags on that hosehound."
ReplyDelete-Harry Dunne
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ReplyDeleteThe rest of you should make up your own tittilating terminology!