EXCERPT FROM EMAIL TO FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE

written from hospital. Rose was commencing a new medication named ursodeoxycholic acid, or "urso" for short. The "urso" is a reference to the scientific name for bears, as the email explains.

"Rose's poo is still pale, but in a greenish hue. However, she's now on bear bile, to assist with the drainage of her own bile and to help her digest fats! (Synthesized bear bile these days, but they used to get the bile from real bears! Don't ask me how. GRRRR!)"