Funny, but Maybe True
Oct 11, 2021 09:31:04 #
Years ago, I saw a medical drama on TV. A doctor didn't believe a woman was really experiencing pain, so he decided to do a test using a dolorimeter. If the pain she claimed to be experiencing was real, the pain he was causing in her arm would surpass it, and she would scream. It did, and she did, so here "imaginary" pain was actually real. The name "dolorimeter" has stuck in my head for the past fifty years.
Oct 12, 2021 07:36:29 #
Oct 12, 2021 09:24:04 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Years ago, I saw a medical drama on TV. A doctor didn't believe a woman was really experiencing pain, so he decided to do a test using a dolorimeter. If the pain she claimed to be experiencing was real, the pain he was causing in her arm would surpass it, and she would scream. It did, and she did, so here "imaginary" pain was actually real. The name "dolorimeter" has stuck in my head for the past fifty years.
If I remember high school latin, not my best subject, dolor means pain, so dolorimeter makes sense.
Oct 12, 2021 10:06:58 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
If I remember high school latin, not my best subject, dolor means pain, so dolorimeter makes sense.
Right
Oct 21, 2021 10:40:19 #
Yes, dolor is Latin for pain, my Latin is a little weak after some 60 years but I do remember this one! Dolor was also a synonym for having to learn Latin! 
Oct 21, 2021 15:46:01 #
Latin is a dead language,
Dead as dead can be,
First it killed the romans,
Now it's killing me!
did kill my high school average!
Dead as dead can be,
First it killed the romans,
Now it's killing me!
did kill my high school average!
Oct 21, 2021 15:49:17 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Latin is a dead language,
Dead as dead can be,
First it killed the romans,
Now it's killing me!
did kill my high school average!
Dead as dead can be,
First it killed the romans,
Now it's killing me!
did kill my high school average!
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