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32 Unhinged Analogies That Explain Complex Medical Problems With Ridiculous Clarity

Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers often have to describe complex medical concepts to patients who have very limited knowledge in the field, and out of this necessity, many have had no choice but to digest the difficult language into something easier to understand. So, Rachel Courville, who herself is a veterinarian from Chicago, asked these poets-on-demand to share the absolute wildest analogies they've used to get their points across. People from the industry eagerly answered her call, and only if Shakespeare could read their replies!

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