Chapter 1
Emily felt the excitement in the air as she first entered the neurology service. This was Emily's fourth year in medical university, and her first doing clinical medicine, with real patients.
It was different from pulmonology and infectiology. It felt more logical than cardiology for her, but maybe it was because she had studied more neurology in her free time during COVID confinement.
Emily had learned that medicine is not maths. It's not 1 plus 1 equals 2. It was difficult for the student to fathom such a reality.
Some of her classmates had more hardships communicating with patients and colleagues. It was exciting seeing new parts of everyone, of her classmates, new residents, general doctors, assistants, and professors.
Emily couldn't help but stare in awe.
Her eyes weren't the only ones filled with curiosity. The eyes of everyone who strived for the medical path there mirrored a thirst for knowledge.
The classmates exchanged a conversation about the Willis Polygon.
Another classmate stated, "A lesion of the third cranial nerve can lead to homolateral mydriasis."
The classmate beside her added, "A temporal brain herniation, specifically uncal herniation, can compress the third cranial nerve and cause a homolateral mydriasis as well."
"It usually occurs on the side of the mass effect, although severe intracranial pressure can produce more complex patterns. Brain