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Saturday, February 11, 2012




What I learned from Blood and Guts:

There is a part in the Hippocratic Oath whereby the caregiver refuses to procure an abortion for a women (page 30-31)

Galen dissected an elephant's heart (page 33)

"Lily the Pink" was America's first millionairess, all due to her famous vegetable compound (page 46)

Gabriele Fallopio coined the term 'vagina' in 1561 (page 57)

Extra: 'vagina' comes from the Latin word for "sheath." Fallopio/Fallopius is also the guy who stuck his name on the Fallopian tubes, without actually identifying their purpose


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