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]]> http://mindhacks.com/2011/05/17/x-rated-neuroanatomy/#comment-19596 Tue, 17 May 2011 19:10:22 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=18049#comment-19596 I was always struck by how mundane and literal anatomical terms were – this is the kite shaped nucleus, this is the black stuff, this is the blue area, this is the nucleus that leans against this other bit. I’d like to think at least some of them used to have more interesting names…

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2011/05/17/x-rated-neuroanatomy/#comment-19595 Tue, 17 May 2011 18:53:55 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=18049#comment-19595 Good old boy’s club. Between that and the outdated medical care, I indeed find myself thanking several goddesses that I was not alive back then. Interesting you should mention the atheist aspect – my sister lent me a book (I’d have to look up the title) which hypothesized that the devil in Witchcraft rumor was a result of male doctors’ jealousy of female herbalist healers. Male physicians did not want the competition so they put out a rumor that the women were summoning evil spirits.

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