Who eats a supper of dumplings and noodles, 
Will suffer from—nightmares, oodles and oodles. 


MEDICAL STUDENT METAPHYSICS 


No Spirit ever has existed. 

Oxen have lived and never missed it. 

The Soul is idle fantasy; 
In the stomach it certainly can’t be found, 
And if one were able to run it to ground, 

Then almost any pill would set it free. 

Then Spirits would be seen 

Emerging in an endless stream. 


MEDICAL STUDENT ANTHROPOLOGY 


He who would sickness foil 

Must learn to rub his nether half with oil, 
So that no wind or draught 
Can chill him fore and aft. 

Man also can achieve his ends 

With dietary regimens; 
And Culture thus emerges 

As soon as Man starts using purges. 


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Karl Marx