tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post2045235200691042428..comments2008-05-04T03:58:52.106-07:00Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15855325002260654089miss_mudpie@yahoo.co.ukBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-76144977496252632632008-05-04T03:58:00.000-07:002008-05-04T03:58:00.000-07:002008-05-04T03:58:00.000-07:00"I bet there aren't many men who come in for treatment without their genitalia." This cracked me up! Thanks for my best laugh of the day. Also I loved all these comments. thanks for taking the time. xElizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-79004046807517367242008-05-04T02:49:00.000-07:002008-05-04T02:49:00.000-07:002008-05-04T02:49:00.000-07:00Let me enlighten you!<BR/><BR/>Micturition - Urination<BR/><BR/>Purpura - type of bruising<BR/><BR/>Emesis - vomiting<BR/><BR/>Syncope - faint<BR/><BR/>Oliguria - decreased production of urinemedicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-81487728073946220582008-05-03T16:57:00.000-07:002008-05-03T16:57:00.000-07:002008-05-03T16:57:00.000-07:00Emisis means vomit (related to emissions, I reckon). Sending forth, shall we say. For some reason my husband likes to eat grapes from an emisis dish.Regannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-88912906456599950072008-05-03T13:34:00.000-07:002008-05-03T13:34:00.000-07:002008-05-03T13:34:00.000-07:00Ok, I'm going to be a big downer here with my radical ideas, but this is a perfect example of how medical "science" works really hard to create a mystique surrounding the often very empirical rather than terribly enlightened or knowledgeable practice of medicine.<BR/><BR/>All of these are everyday concepts with which we are already familiar, and for which there are plain english words that adequately convey their meaning (with the exception of oliguria).<BR/><BR/>There's nothing important being learned in learning these words, except to intentionally discriminate the user from others, and to give the appearance of authority to outsiders. It's nothing but affectation. There are better things to teach medical students than vernacular that intentionally excludes their patients.<BR/><BR/>And this coming from someone who has taken a helluva lot of classes at a med school.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Lest anyone misunderstand, there is nothing in here directed at Katie - this is a tiny part of a much larger critique of the medical establishment.lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-30078950683273788282008-05-03T12:26:00.000-07:002008-05-03T12:26:00.000-07:002008-05-03T12:26:00.000-07:00Purpura - an innocent chrysalis<BR/><BR/>Emesis - the enemy who will never defeat you<BR/><BR/>Syncope - someone who can just about tolerate Scott Joplin<BR/><BR/>Oliguria - a country ruled by only a few people<BR/><BR/>Micturation - I know this one, but only because Katie told me!melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-28942900880802744492008-05-03T11:59:00.000-07:002008-05-03T11:59:00.000-07:002008-05-03T11:59:00.000-07:00I'm thinking that King's College is fixin' to hatch a big crop of lady Islamic gynecologists...I suppose that'd be about the only specialty that would safely exclude manly bits?bwjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-3864407746456134442008-05-03T11:52:00.000-07:002008-05-03T11:52:00.000-07:002008-05-03T11:52:00.000-07:00Purpura: The secondary color you get when you mix equal parts red and blue.<BR/><BR/>Emesis: A woman a man meets online, with whom he is having a cyber-affair. His lawful "mesis" don't know about it.<BR/><BR/>Syncope: a way of dealing with one's guilt over misdeeds, involving about equal parts of rationalization, denial, and hot bubble baths.<BR/><BR/>Oliguria: What Ligurians cry out when they return to their native region of Italy, on the northwest coast.<BR/><BR/>Micturation: Man, I got no clue. It does not sound nice to do in polite company, though---maybe it means to pick one's teeth?<BR/><BR/>Katie, help us!word birdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491125679904809656.post-25895787638232432562008-05-03T05:41:00.000-07:002008-05-03T05:41:00.000-07:002008-05-03T05:41:00.000-07:00I bet there aren't many men who come in for treatment without their genitalia. So presumably these women will have to limit themselves to accepting only female patients. Otherwise you could just imagine horrible scenes ...<BR/><BR/>Man: "I'd like an appointment to see a doctor, please".<BR/>Receptionist:"Does it involve your genitals, at all, sir?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com