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unusual facts about pathological



Asexuality

Pathological beliefs tend to follow where, in some cases, they may seek medical help because they feel they have a disease.

Augusto Murri

Appointed to the Chair of Clinical Medicine at Bologna in 1875 he was regarded as one of the most illustrious clinical doctors and innovators of his times (in Pathological Anatomy, Histology, Microbiology and Experimental Physiopathology).

Brain Lock

Brain Lock is a term coined by Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz, a researcher in the field of self-directed neuroplasticity, with a focus on the pathological mechanisms and psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Brent Robbins

In a recent article about the debate in the San Francisco Chronicle, Robbins notes that under the new guidelines, certain responses to grief could be labeled as pathological disorders, instead of being recognized as being normal human experiences.

Calvert v William Hill

Graham Calvert was a successful greyhound trainer and pathological gambler who in 2006 placed the largest golf bet in history: £347,000 on America to win the Ryder Cup.

George Edward Day

Translation of Julius Vogel's Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body (1 vol., 1847).

Leptospermum petersonii

The essential oil from L.petersonii inhibits the pathological fungi Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus.

Lockjaw

Trismus, a pathological condition in which the mouth is held shut by sustained spasm of the masseter (jaw) muscle, often observed in cases of tetanus.

Malcolm Hooper

In 2002, The Guardian reported on the conflict over the nature of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, and whether there is an ongoing pathological process in the illness, contrasting advocates of a biological basis, such as Professors Hooper, Kenny de Meirleir and Anthony Komaroff, with advocates of a psychosocial basis, such as Professor Simon Wessely.

MC Eiht

The song, "Streiht Up Menace," which chronicles the unfortunate downturn of the film's protagonist within the pathological conditions of American inner city life, is considered by many critics to be Eiht's magnum opus.

Mountain sickness

Altitude sickness or acute mountain sickness, a pathological condition that is caused by acute exposure to low air pressure

Numerology

Australian philosopher David Stove pointed out different pseudoscientific beliefs, for example numerology and astrology, may be pathological in different ways.

Positivist school

Charles Goring (1913) failed to corroborate the characteristics but did find criminals shorter, lighter and less intelligent, i.e. he found criminality to be "normal" rather than "pathological" (cf the work of Hooton found evidence of biological inferiority).

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction

Animal studies indicate that volatile anaesthestics may augment the pathological processes of Alzheimer's Disease by affecting amyloid-beta processing.

Sociophysiology

Psychiatry, thus, involves the diagnosis and treatment of what Lilienfeld (1879: 280) termed "physiological social pathology", and may be classed as a subfield of sociophysiology, called "pathological sociophysiology" by Zeliony (1912: 405).

The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius

"In The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes genius as the ability to learn at a greater velocity. For a suicidal drunk with a pathological fear of latent homosexuality, Papa did all right."

The Glasgow Committee on Anæsthetics

However, they did not succeed, but a subcommittee consisting of Davind Newman (a Pathological Chemist to the Western Infirmary) Joseph Coates (Pathologist to the Western Infirmary) and Professor McKendrik (Physiologist at Glasgow University) became known as the Glasgow Committee and began work in 1877.

Virchow Hill

Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), German pioneer of pathological research.

Wake Up and Smell the... Carcass

Tracks 1–5 are outtakes from the Swansong sessions, 6–9 are from an October 1994 session for the BBC, 10–11 are from The Heartwork EP, 12–14 are from the Tools of the Trade EP, 15–16 are from the Pathological compilation and 17 is from the Grind Crusher compilation.


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