modern science is so uncreative
16 May 2007 02:26 pmFun fact for today, courtesy of my textbook chapter on personality disorders! The ancient Greeks decided that the emotional problems of women were caused by the migration of the uterus within the body. So if you've ever wondered why 'hysteria' and 'hysterectomy' have the same root...(you know, as one does)...that's why!
I just think medicine was so much more exciting when it was completely wrong and all about the balance of one's humours or the moistness of one's brain.
Just imagine:
A: Whoa, she's screeching loud enough to wake the dead.
B: Never mind her, her uterus is just migrating.
ETA: I am so smart.
Me: Hmm, I'm feeling slightly dizzy and my attention span is even more dreadful than usual!
Me: Hang on, I wonder when I last ate?
Me: ...THAT WOULD BE BREAKFAST, NEARLY SEVEN HOURS AGO.
WELL DONE, FAHYE. WELL DONE.
Yeah, I'm going to go and hunt down some kind of carbohydrate.
I just think medicine was so much more exciting when it was completely wrong and all about the balance of one's humours or the moistness of one's brain.
Just imagine:
A: Whoa, she's screeching loud enough to wake the dead.
B: Never mind her, her uterus is just migrating.
ETA: I am so smart.
Me: Hmm, I'm feeling slightly dizzy and my attention span is even more dreadful than usual!
Me: Hang on, I wonder when I last ate?
Me: ...THAT WOULD BE BREAKFAST, NEARLY SEVEN HOURS AGO.
WELL DONE, FAHYE. WELL DONE.
Yeah, I'm going to go and hunt down some kind of carbohydrate.