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My mother's legs
  1. Saumya Jaimini Dave
  1. Correspondence to Saumya Jaimini Dave, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, 110 Pinyon Pine Circle, Apt. 2202, Athens, GA 30606, USA; Saumya.dave{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2012-010310

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    Inconclusive diagnosis

    Stole conclusive identity

    The experts only know what they see

    Not what it means

    Mass pressing on spinal cord

    I give her the only thing I can

    Knowledge

    See that? It's your T5 to T6 vertebrae

    And there? That's the back of your ribs

    The steroids you're taking will help and …

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