A medical student was doing a rotation in toxicology
at the poison control center.
One day, this woman called in very upset
because she caught her little daughter eating ants.
I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful
and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital.
She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat
in order to kill the ants.
I told her that she better bring her daughter in to the Emergency room right away.
