Comments on: The Treatment of Cough (as practiced in the 1700s)

By: N

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 02:03:54 +0000

Why didn’t you put the disclaimer AHEAD of the entry? Now it’s too late for me! Thanks a lot! Do you realize how hard it is to bleed exactly eight ounces? (cough cough)

By: Augie De Blieck Jr.

Augie De Blieck Jr. — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 14:30:13 +0000

I still think the funniest skits in the earliest days of Saturday Night Live were the Theodoric of York skit. “Medievil Barber” involves, of course, taking two pints from anyone with a problem.

In many ways, that skit may be about the smartest thing ever written on the show. Would the kids today understand a gag about “The Scientific Method?” I don’t think the cast of the show today would understand it, unless Theodoric referenced Britney Spears or something. . .

By: Mike Pechar

Mike Pechar — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:25:40 +0000

As a contemporary treatment, bloodletting may not be recommended for the cough, but it is the preferred practice of at least one doctor for living a long life. His name is Dr. Thomas Perls of the New England Centenarian Study.

Ref: http://interested-participant.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_interested-participant_archive.html#111129374284303790