Comments on: The Best (and Worst) Comic Book Medicine of 2009 http://www.politedissent.com/archives/4401 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: A roundup of end-of-the-year (and decade) pieces | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment http://www.politedissent.com/archives/4401/comment-page-1#comment-677381 A roundup of end-of-the-year (and decade) pieces | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:03:01 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=4401#comment-677381 [...] Dr. Scott at Polite Dissent presents the best and worst comic-book depictions of medicine over the past [...] [...] Dr. Scott at Polite Dissent presents the best and worst comic-book depictions of medicine over the past [...]

]]> By: Alberto http://www.politedissent.com/archives/4401/comment-page-1#comment-677158 Alberto Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:12:25 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=4401#comment-677158 @Serpent Why not just use "phytotherapic"? @Doc Scott, kudos to you for the Worst Doctor award. The anti-vaccination campaign is a very dangerous FUD movement, putting children's health at risk... I'm not gonna even start the discussion about the myths on "how vaccination gives children mental problems". That p***es me off so much. @Serpent Why not just use “phytotherapic”?

@Doc Scott, kudos to you for the Worst Doctor award. The anti-vaccination campaign is a very dangerous FUD movement, putting children’s health at risk… I’m not gonna even start the discussion about the myths on “how vaccination gives children mental problems”.

That p***es me off so much.

]]> By: Your Obedient Serpent http://www.politedissent.com/archives/4401/comment-page-1#comment-676718 Your Obedient Serpent Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:40:21 +0000 http://www.politedissent.com/?p=4401#comment-676718 "Homeopathic" gets used a lot in the real world, too. These days, it seems to be used as a buzzword to encompass "herbal" and "lots of anecdotal evidence but no widely-recognized rigorous studies" (like using zinc supplements to treat colds), on top of its technical meaning of "diluting something until it's just ordinary distilled water". “Homeopathic” gets used a lot in the real world, too. These days, it seems to be used as a buzzword to encompass “herbal” and “lots of anecdotal evidence but no widely-recognized rigorous studies” (like using zinc supplements to treat colds), on top of its technical meaning of “diluting something until it’s just ordinary distilled water”.

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