Posts in The History of Healing
Doesn't Anyone Do Physicals Anymore?

I remember when I was a kid that getting a physical at the doctor involved not just being so nervous I could pee all the way from the car to the examination room, but it involved something that there seems to be so little of... time.  A "physical" involved having a physical examination.  Checking, eyes, ears, nose, throat, heart, reflexes, my walk, my stance and LOTS of palpation.  So it took quite a bit of time because it also involved a lot of questions and a lot of talking. That doesn't seem to be the definition of a physical now.

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Can We Really Live Without a Body Part

The development of the idea of removing the gall bladder, the tonsils, the appendix and even the spleen was most likely as a result of on the spot necessity.  It seems to be the status quo now that we can live without these, but the question that we should be asking is are we living?  Are we truly living a healthy, vital life without these?

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