Quote/Word of the week August 28, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Becoming..., Holistic health , comments closedQUOTE OF THE WEEK: The sorrow that hath no vent in tears makes other organs weep. Sir Henry Maudsley.
WORD OF THE WEEK: Qualia: (from Quale 1675: The qualities of a thing).
These are recognizable qualitative characters of the given, which may be repeated in different experiences, and weather set off quite different vibrations.’
Quotes of the week August 20, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Holistic health , comments closedAn excerpt from my doctor’s e-mail when I complained to him about the side effects of a medication:
‘Dear Jane,
A very famous American Professor of Pharmacology, Prof. Oliver Wendel Holmes Sr. (1809-1894) said over a hundred years ago:
“If all medications bar seven were thrown into the sea it would do much good to the human race and we might even consider ‘throwing’ it into the Thames.”
When I expressed my appreciation it was followed up by another quotation by Mark Twain:
“Be careful of reading health books. You may die from a misprint.”
The principles of uncertainty July 26, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Becoming..., Holistic health , comments closedMy friend Christopher gave me a quirky book for my birthday called The Principles of Uncertainty by Maira Kalman, which I adore. It even makes me laugh out loud, which I often don’t do and me in happier times” width=”450″ height=”535″ />
Overdiagnosis July 11, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Holistic health, Uncategorized , comments closed‘Researchers in Finland what looks like bad news one week might measure as normal three weeks later. At least it keeps the labs busy.
Flu The Trickster July 5, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Holistic health, Uncategorized , comments closedI cannot continue with my Dionysius debate until Dan’s with me and now it seems an irony that these viruses incubate a revenge in the dark heart of animal abuse.
WATCH AND WAIT July 1, 2009
Posted by janehaynes in : Holistic health, Uncategorized , comments closedSometimes, when you are forced into the dentist’s chair – with a heightened dread because you either fear another root canal filling, or even worse that an expensively maintained canal is in more trouble – if you are lucky the dentist, well mine does, will use the term ‘Watch and allowed myself to enjoy the thoughts of strangers departing for an unknown holiday destination with all the excitement of a 6 AM departure.