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| From | D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" |
| Date | 2018-05-05 14:12 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20180505b@crcomp.net> (permalink) |
| References | <paqodd$rcu$1@dont-email.me> <c06ff2a3-4dc9-434b-ac63-f89c75040317@googlegroups.com> <p7FpE7.10Lv@kithrup.com> <20180420a@crcomp.net> <p7IDt2.Fwn@kithrup.com> |
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <20180420a@crcomp.net>, D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>>
>>Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>>> In article <c06ff2a3-4dc9-434b-ac63-f89c75040317@googlegroups.com>,
>>> Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>>>>Well, yes. It's a blood thinner. If your blood gets too thin, you're dead.
>>>>
>>>>Medicines - at least the allopathic kind - do things to the body. Since a
>>>>healthy body is all right where it is, too much of just about any
>>>>medicine will kill you.
>>>>
>>>>Dosage makes medicines out of poisons.
>>>
>>> Paracelsus said back in the sixteenth century that poison is in
>>> the dosage.
>>>
>>
>>Strychnine's been used as an analeptic for centuries. It was first used
>>as rat back in the sixteenth century, before it was used as a stimulant.
>>(What is it with rat poison and medicine anyhow?)
>> Back in the day, chemists used to taste test heretofore unknown
>>substances. So, who was the first guy to taste test strychnine, a
>>known poison? Was he a "Hey everybody, watch me stick my tongue on
>>strychnine" idiot?
>> All of this medical talk as of late reminds me that
>>_The Medical Detectives_ (Rouceche) remains unread in my to-be-read
>>stack. Looks like a the perfect weekend to pick it up.
>
>It's good. It's one of my reread-every-couple-of-years books.
My read of _The Medical Detectives_ (Rouceche) started shortly after
this thread appeared. (So it will take a while longer for me to get to
"The Weapon Shops of Isher" (van Vogt) that Ted read in April.)
_The Medical Detectives_ is perfect for me. It's medically themed
short story sleuthing that offers plenty of opportunities to paw through
my _Dorlands Illustrated Medical Dictionary_ along the way. The idea of
known disease carriers living within a community unnerves me.
Although it shouldn't. One of my former colleagues is an infections
disease doc. A few years ago he pulled a massive worm out of a Vietnam
Vet. (Actually some type of chemical concoction caused the worm to be
excreted, if you must know.) The infection dated back to the Vietnam
War.
Imagine that. My stomach's rumbling. This seems like a good place
for me to stop and grab some grub. :0)
✍
Thank you,
--
Don
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