It's Official #Beriberi

[meegannie]

Tulp, Nicolaas. Observationes Medicae. Leyden: George Wishoff, 1739.

"The first clinical descriptions of beriberi were by Dutch physicians, Bontius (1642) and Nicolaas Tulp (1652). Tulp treated a young Dutchman who was brought back to Holland from the East Indies suffering from what the natives of the Indies called beriberi or "the lameness." Tulp's description of beriberi was a detailed one, but he had no clues that it was a deitary deficiency disease. This discovery came more than two hundred years later. Nicholaas Tulp (1593-1674) is best remembered as the central figure in Rembrandt's famous painting, "The Anatomy Lesson" (1632).

 

[Bonochick]

What book was it where the character lied and said somebody was sick because of that?

Okay, it might have been more than one book...but anyway...oh, whatever.

 

[JessicaAnn]

beriberi or "the lameness."

I think a couple of friends suffer from "the lameness."

 

[Popmartijn]

What book was it where the character lied and said somebody was sick because of that?

Okay, it might have been more than one book...but anyway...oh, whatever.

A Clockwork Orange?
(guessing...)



Marty (proud of the Dutch!)

 

[Laura M]

Hi Meggy,

I seen the specsavers ad today with the animals talking about contact lenses.

I thought of you when I saw it, I would have gone looking for the thread you started about it,
but I'm lazy

 

[Salome]

What book was it where the character lied and said somebody was sick because of that?

sounds like the bible to me

 

[meegannie]

Sounds like the Beach to me.

 

[fah]

Did I read, the Dutch are lame?

 

[Popmartijn]

If you want to read that...
Well...



Marty (too lame to explain )

 

[fah]

Sorry, maybe it said monkey pants, I don't know, I'm pretty tired.

 

[Salome]

I like to think of the dutch as being beriberi instead of lame

 

[Popmartijn]

Sorry, maybe it said monkey pants, I don't know, I'm pretty tired.

That's another IO thread!



Marty (she said monkey pants... huh huh!)

 

[fah]

I feel better, had some sleep, ate breakfast, went for a walk....

So let me see if I have this right

The Dutch are beriberi, not lame, and sometimes wear monkey pants

 

[Popmartijn]

Yeah... rrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiigggggggggggghhhhhhhtttt!!!!





Marty (got a nice bonus today)

 

[fah]

What sort of bonus?

 

[zoney!]

Fah....
Do you have IM?

 

[Popmartijn]

What sort of bonus?

$$$!!!



Marty (still trying to rescue his other computer)

 

[fah]

Fah....
Do you have IM?

Not to sound completely ignorant but maybe, I don't know what it is.

 

[fah]

$$$!!!



Marty (still trying to rescue his other computer)

Ah yes, the best kind.

Congratulations, spend it wisely

 

[JessicaAnn]

[/endthreadnow]

 

[zoney!]

Not to sound completely ignorant but maybe, I don't know what it is.

Instant Messaging!

Instead of waiting for answers here...you can talk with people on the Internet in real time!

AOL, MSN and Yahoo all have free services! Most of the people on Interland have the service too!

 

[fah]

No, I do not have IM

I have a hard enough time keeping up with all my email.

Email at home and work is not a good thing.

I know I should look into it though....maybe someday

 

[zoney!]

YOu mean, you are able to keep up with all the messages in your e-mails (home and work) as well as the conversations you are having in here?

 

[fah]

I'm a mother, I can do everything

 

[zoney!]

you should get IM then!

It simplifies things for you!

 

[fah]

Thanks...I'll look into it

 

[Salome]

IM kills forums

 

[fah]

I don't like killing anything, ok maybe spiders in my house but thats about it.

I asked Mr fah about IM and he said 'no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no'. He said some other things too.

 

[meegannie]

I feel like I'm bleeding internally.

 

[zoney!]

salome!

I asked Mr fah about IM and he said 'no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no'. He said some other things too.

Does he think you spend to much time here?

Ha....he should see how much time I here.