Comments on: Uncanny X-Men #512: A Medical Review http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804 a blog of medicine, comics, television, science and other fun stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:50:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-550955 Sarah Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:36:32 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-550955 I agree with Bill, morning sickness is said to end by the 12th week. Personally I was sick as a dog - both times - at seven weeks. I was told that it should go away by 12 weeks. It did not. It's one symptom that I've rarely seen follow the "rules" in anyone. I agree with Bill, morning sickness is said to end by the 12th week. Personally I was sick as a dog – both times – at seven weeks. I was told that it should go away by 12 weeks. It did not. It’s one symptom that I’ve rarely seen follow the “rules” in anyone.

]]> By: Bill LaLonde http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-549959 Bill LaLonde Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:56:50 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-549959 <i>"and means that she is experiencing morning sickness a little earlier than expected — classically it begins around the 12th week..."</i> Are you sure about that? The resources I have say that morning sickness usually <i>ends</i> by the 12th week. “and means that she is experiencing morning sickness a little earlier than expected — classically it begins around the 12th week…”

Are you sure about that? The resources I have say that morning sickness usually ends by the 12th week.

]]> By: Ethan Hoddes http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-549263 Ethan Hoddes Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:23 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-549263 It seems that if the past is genuinely mutable, and not in the canonical "creates an alternate timeline" way then ethics demands that he favour saving the baby over the mother, assuming another physician couldn't attend instead. If he allows himself to die as an infant and the past is mutable, than she dies anyways, because he never existed, therefore never went back in time, therefore events play out as they would without him and she dies. This would seem to suggest that he would be ethically obliged to have someone else perform the delivery, since the patient being under the care of a physician who could cease to exist due to possible complications is pretty obviously undesirable. Of course if any change caused by time travel intrinsically creates an alternate timeline, as is the official (though poorly observed) rule in the Marvel Multiverse, then as soon as they appear in the past the X-Club are in an alternate timeline and he isn't actually delivering James Bradley-616. You could argue in that case that he'd be quite driven to save the mother, even at the cost of the baby's life just to know that SOMEWHERE she was alive, since he can't save his actual mother. It seems that if the past is genuinely mutable, and not in the canonical “creates an alternate timeline” way then ethics demands that he favour saving the baby over the mother, assuming another physician couldn’t attend instead. If he allows himself to die as an infant and the past is mutable, than she dies anyways, because he never existed, therefore never went back in time, therefore events play out as they would without him and she dies. This would seem to suggest that he would be ethically obliged to have someone else perform the delivery, since the patient being under the care of a physician who could cease to exist due to possible complications is pretty obviously undesirable. Of course if any change caused by time travel intrinsically creates an alternate timeline, as is the official (though poorly observed) rule in the Marvel Multiverse, then as soon as they appear in the past the X-Club are in an alternate timeline and he isn’t actually delivering James Bradley-616. You could argue in that case that he’d be quite driven to save the mother, even at the cost of the baby’s life just to know that SOMEWHERE she was alive, since he can’t save his actual mother.

]]> By: theOriginalKeith http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-547173 theOriginalKeith Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:20:49 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-547173 Why is Elijah Snow impersonating an MD in this comic? Why is Elijah Snow impersonating an MD in this comic?

]]> By: Ben http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-546312 Ben Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:46:34 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-546312 Are we playing by Timecop rules? Because that means if he touches the baby, he's gonna blow up like Ron Silver Are we playing by Timecop rules? Because that means if he touches the baby, he’s gonna blow up like Ron Silver

]]> By: Seangreyson http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-546287 Seangreyson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:03 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-546287 I would love to be in a medical ethics class that did try and cover these questions. I would love to be in a medical ethics class that did try and cover these questions.

]]> By: Bytowner http://www.politedissent.com/archives/2804/comment-page-1#comment-546272 Bytowner Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=2804#comment-546272 In this case at least, it seems that the Temporal Prime Directive(disrupt as little as possible when travelling in and interacting with your subjective past) either trumps or reinforces the Hippocratic Oath(do no harm), depending on your point of view. In this case at least, it seems that the Temporal Prime Directive(disrupt as little as possible when travelling in and interacting with your subjective past) either trumps or reinforces the Hippocratic Oath(do no harm), depending on your point of view.

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