Spaniel tongueI like to write about interesting papers that appear in the medical literature. A problem with that is that it’s often weird cases that get published.  So, it’s important to keep things in perspective.

Regardless, reports of rare things still provide some insight, as long as people don’t over-react (which, unfortunately, is often the case).

You never want to be the subject of a medical case report. A 37-year-old British woman was featured in a recent edition of Lancet (Brouwer et al 2010), in a paper entitled "A horse bite to remember."

The woman was admitted to hospital with a fever, headache, neck stiffness, confusion, difficulty