10-30-2014, 12:15 AM
Ray-o-Hope,
"bleeding, purging, mercury, emetics" sets the time frame nicely.
"The King of Babylon" Which one did you mean? Nebuchadnezzar II, Lucifer, et al. ?
How does theft ooze out of an orifice?
As this is about "the father of American psychiatry" I am at a loss as to why you would use a primarily British usage of the term "jail" by using "gaoler", as it seems oddly out of place and distracting. Personally it is a word I like, but it was disruptive to the reading for me. I guess as it is still early in the formation of the USA, they might have still been using it, but...
"to wear deep gutters in the basement stone." Is he not wearing deep "ruts" instead of "gutters", unless this is suppose to be some kind of metaphor, and if so it entirely bypasses me.
I am assuming when you use "Gyrator" you are just renaming "centrifugal spinning board"? BTW "gyrate" was not in general usage until 1822, which would have been several years before Rush would have died...just saying. Possible anachronism?
When I first read this I thought you were being sarcastic, or at least ironic, which seemed less than kind, and by no means accurate considering the man was one of the most humane persons working in the field at the time and was solely responsible for making the lives of the "inmates" better than they had been. Certainly from our viewpoint it seems barbarity, but at the time it was the cutting edge. His ideas on Alcoholism were far ahead of his time, as well as accurate. His ideas on blood flow is not dissimilar to Chinese medicine as well as chiropractic profession.
All in all it is a nice look at Rush, but a bit obscure and inaccessible to most readers I would assume.
Oh yes, I appreciate that you are no longer using the courier font, however the size you are now using is a bit taxing for old people with tired eyes.
Dale
"bleeding, purging, mercury, emetics" sets the time frame nicely.
"The King of Babylon" Which one did you mean? Nebuchadnezzar II, Lucifer, et al. ?
How does theft ooze out of an orifice?
As this is about "the father of American psychiatry" I am at a loss as to why you would use a primarily British usage of the term "jail" by using "gaoler", as it seems oddly out of place and distracting. Personally it is a word I like, but it was disruptive to the reading for me. I guess as it is still early in the formation of the USA, they might have still been using it, but...
"to wear deep gutters in the basement stone." Is he not wearing deep "ruts" instead of "gutters", unless this is suppose to be some kind of metaphor, and if so it entirely bypasses me.
I am assuming when you use "Gyrator" you are just renaming "centrifugal spinning board"? BTW "gyrate" was not in general usage until 1822, which would have been several years before Rush would have died...just saying. Possible anachronism?
When I first read this I thought you were being sarcastic, or at least ironic, which seemed less than kind, and by no means accurate considering the man was one of the most humane persons working in the field at the time and was solely responsible for making the lives of the "inmates" better than they had been. Certainly from our viewpoint it seems barbarity, but at the time it was the cutting edge. His ideas on Alcoholism were far ahead of his time, as well as accurate. His ideas on blood flow is not dissimilar to Chinese medicine as well as chiropractic profession.
All in all it is a nice look at Rush, but a bit obscure and inaccessible to most readers I would assume.
Oh yes, I appreciate that you are no longer using the courier font, however the size you are now using is a bit taxing for old people with tired eyes.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.