heroic dose n.— «An ounce in twenty-four hours, and a drachm at a dose, are heroic prescriptions, and not to be generally imitated.…In cases wherein the physician might be tempted to overstep nature with these heroic doses of...
heroic dose n.— «One drop of it was fully as efficient as curiosity in killing a cat.…An early nineteenth century pharmacopoeia lists a tobacco enema. About the same time the surgeon and anatomist, Sir Ashley Cooper, recommended...
terminal wean n.— «In twelve cases they performed a procedure called, in only mildly obscurantist language, a “terminal wean.” (Although neither doctors nor nurses literally “pull the plug,” the process is dramatic...
judas window n.— «I went over to the school and peeked at him through the classroom judas window. He wasn’t over-active.» —“Chicken Soup In The Medical Bag” by Stanton Delaplane San Francisco Chronicle Jan. 24...
interview without coffee n.— «Mahony said that the final interview by the IOC Medical Commission “was one of the most unpleasant, intimidating experiences of my life. After two carefree days, with a medal burning a hole in my...
psychopaedic adj.— «In 1928 our Government introduced the Mental Defectives Amendment Bill. As a result four institutions were established throughout the country. Known as “psychopaedic hospitals,” they were to house people...