Tag: fibromyalgia
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Knock, or The Triumph of Medicine
Howard FischerUppsala, Sweden “The man who feels well is actually sick and doesn’t know it.”—Dr. Knock Jules Romains (1885–1972), author of the play Knock, or the Triumph of Medicine, was a novelist, poet, essayist, playwright, and short story writer. He was considered one of the best writers of his generation.1 This paper presents a detailed…
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Naming diseases
JMS PearceHull, United Kingdom I tried to unveil the stillness of existence through a counteracting murmur of words, and, above all, I confused things with their names: that is belief.— Jean-Paul Sartre, The Words Disease implies the converse of health, but even health itself is difficult to define. With the gifts of technology the practice…