Good and Numb

In the practice of medicine (especially surgery) and dentistry, anesthesia is a temporary induced state with one or more of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness. A patient under the effects of anesthetic drugs is referred to as being anesthetized.

Anesthesia enables the painless performance of medical procedures that would cause severe or intolerable pain to an unanesthetized patient. I, for one, am happy it exists and biting on a bullet during surgery is no longer the norm.

This week, a look at anesthesia.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never." - Marguerite de Valois (French princess of the Valois dynasty who became queen of France, 1553 - 1615)

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The Close Ties Between Exercise and Beer

We've talked about beer and its mineral content, how beer was one of the six drinks that shaped the world, about studying really old beer, how beer is better for post-workout replenishment, the color of beer, churches that attract new members with beer, and five things you might not have known about God and beer, What can I say, it's a good topic.

This week, a look the close ties between exercise and beer.

TTFN, Fred.

Quote of the week: "Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant." - Saadi (one of the major Persian poets and literary men of the medieval period, 1184 - 1291)

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