Wednesday, February 19, 2003 :::
Your First Born Child or An Eruptive Lesion?
When I used to work at the public library one of my jobs was updating a looseleaf binder with pictures and information on children awaiting adoption. These were older kids, not babies, and you could infer from the information on the children that they didn't come from the best of circumstances. It could be kind of sad, these listings would say things like "Brandy is eight years old and doesn't like to be touched." Looking for the humor in any situation, I noticed a lot of these kids had whacky names. So, I bring you....
Name of a Child Listed in the SEEUS Adoption Book
OR
A Disease or Disorder From the Dictionary of Archaic Medical Terms. Answers, and disease definitions, below.
1) Puba
2) Steluta
3) Abasia
4) Mutia
5) Perlèche
6) Dysuria
7) Voreia
8) Bejel
9) Morphew
10) Tayfon
Answers:
Child: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10
Disease: 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
Diseases:
Abasia - Hysterical inability to walk or stand
Perlèche - Cracked sores at the angles of the mouth
Dysuria - Difficulty in or painful urination
Bejel - Arabic term for syphilis
Morphew - A skin eruption
That Archaic Medical Terms Dictionary is really pretty fun to browse through. Where else can you find words or phrases like Scrumpox, Bladder in Throat, and Scrivener's Palsy?
Quote of the Day:
"I will not speak!" answered Hester, turning pale as death.
--- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, 1850
::: posted by tom at 9:02 PM
