Gaius Octavius Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Gout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Nope. I honestly didn't think this one would be so difficult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) Mange? Scabies? Diverticulitis? Asthma? Retinitis? Neuropathy? Malaria? Plague? Cancer? Mononucleosis? Hoof & Mouth Disease? Fleischmann's Syndrome? Trichinosis? Portnoy's Complaint? Edited September 27, 2007 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 No, none of those. LOL I don't even know what half of those are!! You were *closest* when you said constipation. it is a digestive complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 (edited) Ashita? Bulimia? Tummy Ache? Edited September 27, 2007 by Gaius Octavius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Tummy Ache? You're close. The answer is nausea, and general stomach upset. I have no idea why they thought this would work...you would think the dirt and stuff which might be on their feet would cause far worth problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 OK! Whooze zup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 (edited) OK! Whooze zup? Salve, amici! If nobody minds, I (Ascleapiades) am going to quote indirectly Asclepiades of Prusa, via Aulus Cornelius Celsus (De Medicina, Libri I, Ch. III, sec. XVII); I think this may very well be the first known description of a nowadays not so rare disease: "But as I have mentioned a vomit and a purge among thinning measures, there are some things to be said in particular concerning them. I note that a vomit was rejected by Asclepiades in the book written by him, entitled De tuenda sanitate; I do not blame him for being disquieted with the custom of those, who by ejecting every day achieve a capacity for gormandizing. He has even gone somewhat further; for from the same volume he has expelled likewise purgings; which indeed are pernicious when procured by too powerful medicaments. Such measures, however, are not to be dispensed with entirely, because regard for different constitutions and times can make them necessary, provided that they are employed in moderation and only when needed. Hence Asclepiades has himself allowed that what is already corrupted ought to be expelled: so this kind of treatment is not wholly to be condemned." The recognition and description of this disease will have to wait until the late XIXth century. Edited September 28, 2007 by ASCLEPIADES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Bulimia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Yep that'd be my guess as well. GO beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Bulimia? Salve, GO! Of course you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Finger nail discoloration, liver and kidney failure, mental disorder, alopecia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Finger nail discoloration, liver and kidney failure, mental disorder, alopecia. Salve, Amici! BTW, the word Bulimia (bous "ox" plus limos "hunger") is not attested in its modern clinical sense English before 1976. It appears like my namesake was a real pioneer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaius Octavius Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Finger nail discoloration, liver and kidney failure, mental disorder, alopecia. Are all y'all working on the above or am I being neglected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 Finger nail discoloration, liver and kidney failure, mental disorder, alopecia. Are all y'all working on the above or am I being neglected? You can be never neglected, GO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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