Medicine was “iffy” at best. In America “empirical” doctors were sneered at. They obviously didn’t trust The Elders who had laid down theories based on who-knows-what. And then there was the Great Debate between Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and Charles Meigs.
The man who set the Fahrenheit scale wanted 100 to be body temperature, but his wife must have been running a cold when he tested his thermometer on her.
momofalex7 almost 5 years ago
Good question. There’s nothing like observation to prove or disprove a point.
Bob. almost 5 years ago
It took years to get her to shut her mouth.
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
She might have lost a couple of teeth earlier, leading him to think this. (just my wild guess)
Purple People Eater almost 5 years ago
Why would he ask her to open her mouth, when he had told her so many times to close it?
jagedlo almost 5 years ago
Never heard of that theory before…now I have my research project for the day!
Dani Rice almost 5 years ago
Medicine was “iffy” at best. In America “empirical” doctors were sneered at. They obviously didn’t trust The Elders who had laid down theories based on who-knows-what. And then there was the Great Debate between Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. and Charles Meigs.
WaitingMan almost 5 years ago
Aristotle. The smartest man that ever lived who was wrong about everything.
JPuzzleWhiz almost 5 years ago
Maybe because there was no Mrs. Aristotle?
Stephen Gilberg almost 5 years ago
Of course, people alive today have believed that men and women don’t have the same number of ribs.
Ermine Notyours almost 5 years ago
The man who set the Fahrenheit scale wanted 100 to be body temperature, but his wife must have been running a cold when he tested his thermometer on her.
theotherther1 almost 5 years ago
I think she’s too young to understand this part of Ancient Greek history…