Lorna Martin
The look of the barber pole islinked to bloodletting, with red representing blood and white representing the bandages used to stem the bleeding. The pole itself is said to symbolize the stick that a patient squeezed to make the veins in his arm stand out more prominently for the procedure. ...
Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Purging The removal of waste from the human body, particularly: Vomit Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Purging The removal of excess humors through bloodletting, ...
Well, at least until it is achieved – in the tidal wave of chaos that ensues, the real bloodletting will begin – the eternal terror of the law of the jungle. Posted byyaacovmosheMay 29, 2024Posted inUncategorizedTags:10/7, antisemitism, communism, gaza, Hamas, holocaust, israel, nazi,...
Vincent Lam grabbed everybody’s attention by winning the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006 with his book Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. I was not actually able to get heavily into this book (my fault, clearly), but when I saw The Headmaster’s Wager at the library I picked it up. I...
I don't think that most of the viral and bacterial diseases ever disappear. The bubonic plague epidemics have no doubt hit other groups of people than the ones in middle age Europe. Conditions have to be right for an epidemic, like filthy, crowded living conditions along with a large popula...
theuniverse revolves around it, even though that's what most people believed just a few centuries ago. People today also know that bloodletting isnot a good healthcare practice, that there is no secret process with which to createthe philosopher's stone, and thatsmoking is terrible for your ...
Without wishing to be a ‘pole denier’ I do have some reservations about the origins of the red and white striped design, and the idea that it represents the bloodletting process. Whilst it’s a nice idea (the red signifying the blood being taken, the white denoting the bandages, and ...
“cure” take hold. Physicians in the West didn’t abandon bloodletting in late antiquity, in the Middle Ages, or even during theScientific Revolutionof the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact, through much of Western history, the practice was so widespread that “leech” was a colloquialism ...
I also had Bright's disease when I was 3. Now at almost 50, I have had arthritis for many years, multiple bone spurs in the feet and on the spine. My eyesight was also compromised and it is very poor even with corrective lenses. I had to fight off many kidney infections, especially...