Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right?”

Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @04:57AM (#35625952)

I think I can, maybe. However I’m a radiographer and pictures like this are my job.

The orientation is screwed up and images should almost never be displayed like this.

If the patient’s organs are in non-standard locations (situs inversus, dextrocardia etc), something very bad will happen when orientations are messed with. Use standard orientations and label the images.

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by rprospero on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:36AM (#35626189)

I fully agree with you. I was mostly posting as an example that "left is the patient's left" is not sufficient without other standards (like image orientation).

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:58PM (#35631232)

And that went straight over my head.

Your point was well made.

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