Hey, I have seen many lists posted in this NG such as "food in Seinfeld" etc. How about a list of health problems in Seinfeld:
1. Elaine's sore back 2. Kramer's kidney stone 3. George's mom's eye surgery 4.George dad's visit to the proctologist
Yet Another List
Jul 8, 19989 posts by 8 posters
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Fans compile a comprehensive list of medical conditions and health problems featured throughout Seinfeld episodes, building on previous fan-created lists with numerous examples from the show.
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Jason Ainsworth wrote:
That and A LOT more...
Seinfeld Injuries/Doctors/Medical List
Alcoholism - Dick, Elaine's office friend [The Red Dot]
Alcoholism - AA meeting Jason [The Apology]
Allergies - The accountant and delivery boy to the sweater [The
Sniffing Accountant]
Allergies - Elaine allergic to guy's cats [The Stock Tip]
Allergies - germ free room [The Bubble Boy]
Anorexia - George thought he had it after PBS program [The Heart
Attack]
Arm spasm [George in The Non-Fat Yogurt]
Athlete's Foot - Buckle's bad joke [The Movie] Back condition - Morty lost his wallet [The Wallet]
Back injuries - the Mandalbaums. [The English Patient]
Back therapy - swimming in east river [The Nap]
Bacterial Meningetis - acted out [The Burning]
Bell's Palsy - dog owner lied [The Dog]
Baldness - The Chinese cure [The Tape]
Birth - Rula [The Suicide]
Black Eye - Kramer after watching guys' shower techniques [The
Apology]
Blood Transfusion - Jerry get's Kramer's blood [The Blood]
Blockage - Kramer needed Bran cereal [The Pitch]
Breathtaking - Elaine, baby, eggs - doctor [The Hamptons]
Broken Leg - Jimmy slips on wet floor [The Jimmy]
Broken legs - George slipped on invitations [The Summer of
George]
Broken Toe - Elaine was caned [The Dinner Party]
Bris - in the hospital [The Bris]
Bulimia - George was paying for the meals [The Switch]
Bulimia - Cynthia 'likes to throw up' [The Fix-up]
Burns - second and third degree burns from hot crepes [The
English Patient]
Burns - George's model hands [The Puffy Shirt]
Burns - Kramers leg from the caf� latte [The Maestro] Cardiologist - at the Bris [The Bris]
Cancer - Gary Fogel faked it [The Scofflaw]
Cast - on the busboy [The Busboy]
Check Up - Mania had one and was fine before she died [The Pony
Remark]
Chiropratctor - George won't pay $75 scam [The Ex-Girlfriend]
Choking - Fredo dies eating strongbox key [The Strongbox]
Cirrhosis of liver with Jaundice - Mickey's fake disease [The
Burning]
Coma - Jerry's neighbor Martin [The Suicide]
Coma - Kramer hit by tennis balls [The Comeback]
Common Cold - 80 mph, 40 degrees temperature for 15 minutes - you
do the math [The Stranded]
Common Cold - Mr Lippman sneezing and can't shake hands [The
Opposite]
Concussion - Kramer's from Crazy Joe [????????????]
Concussion - Kramer hit by baseball, calls Elaine, Carol; George,
Mike [The Letter]
Cough - Kramer's dog medicine [The Andrea Doria] Deafness - Elaine fakes it in cab [The Lip Reader]
Deafness - in right ear and George can't 'go left' [The Implant]
Deformed Hand - Roy McGinnis(?)not master of his domain [The
Puffy Shirt]
Dental fix free - Elaine gave Tim the gift [The Label Maker]
Dental work - Jerry - sexually molested [The Jimmy]
Dental work - Kramer's novocaine freezing [The Jimmy]
Dentist - conversion to Judaisim 'for the jokes' [The Yada Yada]
Depleted sperm count [Kramer]
Dermatologist - Jerry's girlfriend he ridicules [The Slicer]
Dr. (Martin/Peter) Van Nostrand [The Slicer]
Drug overdose - Mr. Pitt [The Diplomats Club] Eating Disorders - what girls tease each other to [The Library]
Electroshock Therapy - for george if he sees Estelle 'out there'
[The Assman]
Elbow Injury - Larry David won't golf again(newspaper) [The
Wizard]
Epstein-Barr - with a twist of Lyme [The Baby Shower]
Eye surgery - Estelle couldn't cry for "x" amount of time [The
Fusilli Jerry] Failing eyesight - George 'throws' eye test to qualify for books
on tape [The Fatigues]
Fainting - George at the Bris [The Bris]
Fleas - George went to pharmacy to buy cream [The Stranded]
Food Poisoning - flashback [The Fatigues]
Foot Surgery - Sid's nephew in Virginia [The Alternate Side]
Fungus Infection - the cat [The Conversion] Gas Explosion - 5 deaths including the new busboy [The Busboy]
Germophobia - the woman at Elaine's work [The Apology]
Goiter - the size of a football [The Old Man]
Gonorrhea - acted out [The Burning]Hallucination - when Elaine fasts before the X-rays [The Suicide]
Head Injury - Kramer's recurring problem [The Ticket]
Heart attack - George sees holistic healer Tor [The Heart Attack] High Blood Pressure - Frank [Serenity Now]
Hip Injury - Jake was sideswiped [The Opposite]
Hip replacement - the squirrel [The Merv Griffin Show]
Hernia - Kramer's friend Bob Saccamoto now talks high [The Heart
Attack]
Hospitalization - dog owner airline passanger from Chicago [The
Dog]
Hypothermia - Kramer's spa heater goes off [The Hot Tub]
Hypothermia - Kramer waiting outside the liquor store [The Dinner
Party] Incontinence - Poppie [The Pie]
Incontinence - Newman [The Suicide]
Interabdominal Retractor - Kramer saw on 20/20 [The Junior Mint]
Impotence - George's lack of confidence[The Mango]Kidney Stone - Kramer passes it at the circus [The Gymnast]
Lacerations - Kramer cut Woody Allen with broken beer mug [The
Alternate Side]
Lacerations - Tina and Kramer from invisible coffee table [The
Truth]
Lacerations - Jerry's cut neck [The Blood]
Lacerations - Jerry's cut finger [The Bris]
Lactose Intolerant - Jerry has no patience for milk [The Phone
Message]
Legionair's Disease - Marcy's friend got it from a hot tub [The
Yada Yada]
Lupus - George's white spot [The Pilot(2)]???
Lupus - George's, Is it Lupus, Rula's prediction [The Suicide]
Lupus - George's, Is it lupus, [The Heart Attack]
Lyme Disease - Elaine's roommate [The Stock Tip] Medobolic Acidosis...no, ...HYPOCALIMIA! [The Abstinence]
Mennengitis - Oh Mommy, one of the things George fears [The Heart
Attack]
Mental Hospital - Steinbrenner has George committed [The Bottle
Deposit]
Mental Illness - Crazy Joe Divola's prescription medicine [The
Ticket]
Messed up face - Tony (the mimbo) who fell from the cliff. [The
Stall]
Mononucleosis- Louise thought she had it [The Abstinence] Natural causes - George tells Peterman's dying mother his ATM
code [The Secret Code]
Nausea - the black and white cookie [The Dinner Party]
Nausea - Zach detoxing in Elaine's apartment [The Bookstore]
Nausia - Kramer threw up from Roy's gas [The Note]
Neuritis, Neuralgia - Elaine lied to Mr. Lippman to go to game
[The Letter]
Nervous Breakdown - Lloyd Braun [The Gum]
Nervous Breakdown - Tina the tax accountant [The Truth]
Nervous Breakdown - George's car had one [The Limo]
Nose Bleed - Kramer [The Mom and Pop Store]Obesity - car jacking victim [The Finale]
Paralysis - [The Handicapped Spot]
Premature Aging of the Skin - Kramer [The Abstinence]
Proctology - foreign object in rectum - Frank [The Fusilli Jerry]Psychosexual Attraction - 'nuff said [The Ex-girlfriend]
Quone - Kramer's Scrabble word 'a medical term - to quone someone' [The Stakeout]
Rabies - Elaine's dog bite - doctor does not know about rabies
[The Glasses]
Reconstructive Surgery - Guatamalan kid's nose rebuilt [The
Assman]
Rectal Examination - like an audit [The Truth]
Ruptured Capillaries - in eyes when Jerry scuba dives [The Pen]
Rhinoplasty - George's girlfriend [The Nose Job]
Rhinoplasty - Wilkinson, hospitalized [The Stock Tip]
Rhinoplasty - Audrey, Rula saw her [The Suicide]
Ringing in the Ears - Uncle Leo -[The Bookstore] Sclerosis -oh mommy, George thinks he has it [The Heart Attack]
Scraped Knee - George chasing the 'Mary' kids [The Note]
Seizures - Kramer has when hearing Mary Hart [The Good Samaratin] Severed Toe - Kramer takes in Cracker Jack box to hospital [The
Fire]
Shock Treatments - Bob's big synapses - no effect [The Truth]
Skin Cancer - Kruger's growth - Dr. Van Nostrum [The Slicer]
Skin Rash - Elaine's charts describe her as a problem patient
[The Pratice]
Spleenectomy - the triangle artist [Junior Mint]
Sprained leg? - Bette Midler [The Understudy]
Sprained Ankle -George's good leg [The Butter Shave]
Stiff Neck - Elaine promises Kramer the bike[The Package]
Stress - damages the epidermis [The Puffy Shirt]
Stroke - 66 year old, Owen March [The Alternate Side]
Sun Burn - Kramer before his date [The Wife]
Sun Burn - Kramer self basting [The Butter Shave]
Swollen Adnoids - George [The Heart Attack]
Swollen Ankles - if he eats dessert [The Pony Remark] Tetanus - possibly for Elaine's nose stud- [layarteB ehT]
Tonsillectomy - George's mistaken heart attack [The Heart Attack] Tooth ache - Jerry, sneaking into Tim Whatley's party
Toxic Mercury fillings - Gary wanted removed [The Scofflaw]
Toxic poisoning - Susan's death [The Invitations]
Tuberculosis - potato... grass... [The Truth] Ulcer - Who could have given them to Elaine [The Suicide]
Uromycetisis - Jerry's fake urinary problem [Parking Garage]Vasectomy - Elaine's boyfriend and Kramer [The Soul Mate]
Water in the ear - Kramer [The Finale]
Whiplash - Jerry and George after ambulance crash [The Heart
Attack]
Winslow's Tumour - Tickets to see it [The Ex-Girlfriend (standup
routine)]
Wrenched back - Elaine [The Pen]
Wrenched back - Estelle [The Outing]
Wrenched back - Estelle [The Contest] X-Rays - Kramer's were negative [The Letter]
X-Rays - Elaine had to fast [The Suicide]- any changes, additions, suggestions are welcomed - TNG
Blindness - George fakes it in "The Fatigues"
Actually Mike the News Guy already did this list, but now that you mention it, was Estelle's cosmetic eye surgery on the original list?? I don't remember. The list is posted on Mike's web page which for some reason, I can't access. Probably some damn aol glitch . . .
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Jason Ainsworth wrote:
- George's mom's back went out when she caught him (you know)
- Jerry's dad had back problems too from the sofa bed.
now that i think about it, there were alot of cases of back trouble in this show.
- Uncle Leo's eyebrows getting singed off.
- Jerry getting cut by the flying x-acto
"Early to rise, early to bed makes a man healthy but socially dead." ---Yakko Warner
In article , Single White Male wrote:
- Elaine's rash which Kramer also catches from her scarf
- Elaine's neck going out from getting the bike off the wall
- Kramer's bad cough
- Kramer's loss of taste from going into the fumigated apt.
- Kramer's head injury causing him to forget Jerry and Elaine's names
Add Jerry's case of the hives in "The Slicer" Jerry's eye's blood vessels in "The Pen" George's legs in "The Summer of George" Elaine's legs<?> when she hit herself on the windshield coffee table and Kramer's "coma" in "The Comeback"
> > > > > > > > 5. George's mom's back went out when she caught him (you know) > > 6. Jerry's dad had back problems too from the sofa bed. > > > > now that i think about it, there were alot of cases of back trouble in > > this show. > > > > 7. Uncle Leo's eyebrows getting singed off. > > 8. Jerry getting cut by the flying x-acto > > > > > - Elaine's rash which Kramer also catches from her scarf > - Elaine's neck going out from getting the bike off the wall > - Kramer's bad cough > - Kramer's loss of taste from going into the fumigated apt. > - Kramer's head injury causing him to forget Jerry and Elaine's names >
Don't forget when Jerry got his finger circumbsized by the shaky moyale
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Single White Male wrote:
- Jerry getting his finger circumbsized by the shaky moyale
Erik C Neyland wrote:
Got it and a lot more while watching the reruns - my family wants to know why I watch Seinfeld with pencil and paper in hand - frantically making notes.