Hey, now leeches serve a valid medical purpose! Just not usually blood letting per se. But hmm, what about fire cupping?
I seriously got to back away from the looking up odd medical treatments. I just love looking into that kind of stuff.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Apr 12, 2012 12:06:49 pm PDT #654 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Lee - Apr 12, 2012 12:08:45 pm PDT #655 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Survey question: If you have a 62 page chapter of a German book that was never published in English, would you assume that running an OCRed pdf file through Google translate would work well enough to get you a translation you could submit to a government agency?
Zenkitty - Apr 12, 2012 12:08:45 pm PDT #656 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Well, there are a lot of medical procedures that actually work that elicit a visceral "eww" reaction. Like maggots to clean wounds, or leeches to help remove excess blood pooling in transplanted limbs and fingers. And fecal transplants. Anyone else heard of that one?
Atropa - Apr 12, 2012 12:11:00 pm PDT #657 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Right? But then again, if it works for other autoimmune disorders? That'd be something.
Exactly!
Hey, now leeches serve a valid medical purpose! Just not usually blood letting per se.
The one time I mentioned this hookworm/leeches/laudanum idea to my (very awesome) naturopath MD, she snorted and said, "Don't even. I know you just want the laudanum. Shut the fuck up, and take your Xanax 'script."
le nubian - Apr 12, 2012 12:12:44 pm PDT #658 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lee,
is the German technical? If it isn't particularly technical, I would say "yes" - provisionally.
Lee - Apr 12, 2012 12:14:54 pm PDT #659 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yep, very technical.
eta: I am also not convinced that would make a difference, because there are printing issues with that large a document.
aurelia - Apr 12, 2012 12:15:36 pm PDT #660 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'll pass on the hookworms and stick with eating local honey, which is a lot cheaper than the desensitization shots I used to get.
Atropa - Apr 12, 2012 12:18:07 pm PDT #661 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
stick with eating local honey
That's right! I have a sound medical reason to eat spoonfuls of honey straight from the jar! BRB, I have to go channel my inner Winnie the Pooh.
sj - Apr 12, 2012 12:22:45 pm PDT #662 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I thought the honey thing was recently debunked?
Burrell - Apr 12, 2012 12:23:40 pm PDT #663 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
And fecal transplants. Anyone else heard of that one?
raises hand
What? I admit I have a morbid fascination with that kind of thing.