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CLINICAL NEWS I’m All Thumbs… Or Am I? Red or White Blood Cell? Donut Ask a Cop We conducted a show-of-hands poll of ASH members. What we found might surprise you: A joint poll conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges and Dunkin’ Donuts found that: 14% of first-year medical students would mistake an erythrocyte for a leukocyte, and Average number of fingers when the thumb is not excluded Average number of fingers on the typical human hand, when the thumb is excluded 4 5 32% of police officers would mistake an erythrocyte for a donut. The Dead Sea Slideshows Recently uncovered slides ܛ