Re: observation
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Thu Jan 18 07:25:22 2001
not a criticism but why not simply use the term "lumpy" rather than one
which implies pathology?
art
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Robert J. Woolley wrote:
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>In message <200101171602.KAA18007@mail.medispecialty.com> writes:
>> how are you defining/diagnosing "fibrocystic?"
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>For this casual observation, the degree to which there are firm, definable
>masses on palpation, with complete homogeneity being the opposite extreme. If
>one were to try to quantify this observation, obviously a more precise
>definition and measurement tool would be needed.
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>Some presidents' names become adjectives -- Lincolnian gravity,
>Rooseveltian reassurance, Kennedyesque charisma, Nixonian deviousness,
>Reaganesque leadership. To understand the meaning of "Clintonian," parse
>this from a 1997 news conference: "I don't believe you can find any
>evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely
>because of a contribution." ...Clinton is not the worst president the
>republic has had, but he is the worst person ever to have been president.
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> -- George Will, 1/11/01
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art fougner, md
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