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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 17:51
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In celebration of my 5000th post (post number MMMMM, in Roman numerals), I declare September to be Monumentally Monstrous Medical Malpractice Month! Every day from now until the end of September, my name will be a different medical device, procedure or drug that's now recognised as discredited, fraudulent or just plain ill-conceived. Let the hilarity begin! [ Tuesday, August 30, 2005 18:20: Message edited by: Gastric Freezing ] -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 17:53
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Gastric freezing! That's a good one! Heh heh heh.... No, but seriously, should we all just Google these phrases? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 17:59
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I'm just curious as to where you'll get all the ideas. Unless, you have a list already, of course. Congratulations, anyway. -------------------- The critics agree! Demonslayer is "a five star hit!" raves TIMES Weekly! "I've never heard such thoughtful comments. This man is a genious!" says two-time Nobel Prize winning physicist Erwin Rasputin! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 18:01
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 [ Tuesday, August 30, 2005 19:19: Message edited by: Ash Lael ] -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 18:02
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Okay, the awful truth comes out; I want people to ask me what these things are so I can both educate the public and raise my post count. Gastric freezing is commonly used in medical statistics classes as an example of why you need a proper placebo control group in a clinical trial. It was an old treatment for stomach ulcers, where the patient swallowed a small inflatable bag connected to a tube; the bag was then filled with ice-cold water, the idea being that cooling the stomach this way would reduce inflammation. Sure enough, the treatment reduced ulcers compared to patients who received no treatment at all, and for a few years it was the treatment of choice for stomach ulcers. Eventually, though, someone came up with the idea of a placebo-controlled study using a placebo treatment that filled the bag with room-temperature water instead of cold water. It turned out that gastric freezing didn't work any better than this placebo treatment, and as a result gastric freezing quickly fell out of favour. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 19:28
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Shoot. I'd hoped to make 10% of your MMMMM before you hit that lofty count. Maybe this will help. *this message sponsored by the number D* Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 19:46
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dag, man, an i thought u wuz a newbie or sumthin! ... Congratulations, Thuryl, I hadn't noticed how close you were. I'm looking forward to broadening my medical knowledge beyond practical diabetes care. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon Polaris = joy. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 19:55
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5000? A very spammy newbie, in that case. :P And I'm looking forward to your future monikers and their explanations. :) [ Tuesday, September 27, 2005 13:44: Message edited by: Aran-something. ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 20:51
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Congratulations on 5000, Thuryl! I'm also looking forward to your future monikers. I'm still trying to get to 2000, but it may be another two or three months at this rate. [ Tuesday, August 30, 2005 20:53: Message edited by: Zaiu ] -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 20:53
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I'm looking forward to the gruesome parade of arcane medical lore. I have a friend who's mother is a nurse, and I still have nightmares about some of the things she's told me... -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 21:42
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Violent Anal Dilation is a good one. -------------------- Sex is easier than love. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 22:06
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Congratulations, Thuryl! -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. Polaris Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Tuesday, August 30 2005 22:34
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quote:So it is. Reflex Anal Dilation is pretty good too, now that you mention it -- and probably a better example of an actual medical blunder rather than merely an outdated technique. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 02:32
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You could've used either a V with a line over it or  . I'm only convinced you used MMMMM because you may have been hungry at the time...-------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 02:42
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quote:See, the thing is that neither of those is on my keyboard. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 04:35
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Congrats, Thuryl! WTG! URgr8! And very knowledgable to boot. *waits patiently to be medically enlightened again* -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 06:41
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 -------------------- Take the Personality Test! INTJ 100% 75% 100% 44% Huzzah for the Masterminds! www.Keirsey.com for personality information. The Sloganizer! "Swing your Archmage Alex." Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 07:22
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Gongratulations Thuryl! (didn't know you where Thuryl until I saw the profile, but he! Good job!) I feel like giving you a present, so... um.... What about this? A new version of Word of the Microflop office suite? Your present! -------------------- Thralni's almighty Avernum pages: My webpage, containing scenario's and graphics made by me (And maybe someday the homepage of the almighty chicken gods). Click here for more information on Olga's fortune teller kiosk Olga's fortune teller kiosk has been temporarily closed down, but you can contact the prophet with a PM - Was signed by the prophet of the almighty chicken gods, gods of everything that is a chicken. Work has begun on the Nephilian grammar and vocabulary guide! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 07:26
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[Edit: A belated warning: Click the link at yoru own disgression. It's safe for work unless someone will be reading over your shoulder, but it's not for the faint of gastrointestinal tract. It also isn't entirely CoC compliant, as pointed out below, but it's already on the same site as these forums, so...] Manual disimpaction has to be mentioned. —Alorael, who congratulates Thuryl on subtlety, wit, talent, and encyclopedic knowledge of how people are broken or can get that way. May you ture eternally. [ Wednesday, August 31, 2005 16:21: Message edited by: Glitch, technical ] Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 08:06
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Disclaimer on the above link. Our Mr Vogel has quite the potty mouth, and if that content was posted here it would violated the CoC. *this message sponsored by the pseudonymous nurse joanne* Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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By Committee
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 09:19
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My favorite FDA-approved medical devices are leeches and maggots. :) Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 14:25
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:eek: I thought you still had 3500 or so. Anyway, since you've made it somehow, congratulations. It's quite an accomplishment. What are you, fourth on the all-time standings? -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 17:28
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Something like that. Diethylstilbestrol is a synthetic steroid that was prescribed from the late 1930s to the early 1970s to women with a history of miscarriages and premature births, in the hope that the drug would reduce the rate of these events. In the 1950s it was found not to significantly reduce the risk of miscarriage or premature birth, but continued to be prescribed for another two decades. Diethylstilbestrol was found to be associated with cancers and other abnormalities of the reproductive system in female children whose mothers had been given the drug. Recent research has found that these abnormalities have led to problems in the next generation of children as well. -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 17:41
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quote:So it's like the gynecological equivalent of DDT? :P -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Wednesday, August 31 2005 17:54
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Worse. At least DDT worked for its intended purpose. :P -------------------- My BoE Page Bandwagons are fun! Roots Hunted! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
