Author: Benjamin Felson, MD

Surprisingly little has been written about the purpose and use of humor, and this is particularly true of medical humor. Although I have used humor as a teaching gimmick for a long time, I've never tried to explain why, either to myself or to others. This is my attempt to do so. Perhaps the cliché “In the land of the blind the one-eyed main is king” applies here. You don't have to be a teacher or a writer to use humor, of course. You don't even have to tell jokes. Humor can be directed toward your patients, colleagues, or friends on an everyday basis, in the form of kidding or the “light touch.” Isn't this really what is meant by a sense of humor? The value of such humor is pretty obvious. A physician has many serious encounters; a bit of banter will often reduce tension within himself, as well as in the patient and family, and even help to lubricate the friction that frequently arises among medical colleagues. Humor makes the doctor appear more human and humane… from Humor in Medicine, page 2.This $20 book is the perfect gift for the physician who has or could use a sense of humor. Written by the inimitable Dr. Felson of the University of Cincinnati, who was also a known expert, teacher, and author of several “serious” books on radiology. Humor in Medicine and Other Topics promises comic relief with chapters titled “The Cow in the X-ray Room,” and “Foreign Bodies I Have Known,” plus anecdotes from Dr. Felson's many travels and the people he met. (Hard Cover: 212 pages)

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