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Peripheral Shmear

May 23, 2026

Two-panel medical comic. A med student wearing a MED STUDENT badge proudly brings bagels and cream cheese to a hematologist at a microscope. The hematologist clarifies that they ordered a smear, not a shmear.

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[Panel 1]
Med student: "I got what you asked for!"

[Panel 2]
Hematologist: "I ordered a smear, not a shmear."

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