Ailments mentioned in Shane Neilson's latest poetry collection, Complete Physical, published by The Porcupine's Quill in 2010. Neilson is a writer and family physician. Read his story Import-Export, from Geist 77.
Amputated leg
Asthenia
Aureus known as tumour
Baloony heart
Black holes
Cooked liver marinated in high spirits
Cough
Dementia
Dislocated shoulder
Gout
Heart failure
Lost thumb
Love
Old beaten-down lungs
Phlegm (in reference to temperament)
Purple polka dots
Radio for brain
Shortness of breath
Sore ear
Sore throat
Soul leaking out heat
Soul leaking out light
Spot on lung
Spot on brain
Vanity
World-weariness
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