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7 December 2007 Learning

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I am (very nearly) done with finals for Fall term 2007! Hurrah! I am currently working on a couple [...]

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If you’re not memorizing, you’re not paying attention

21 October 2007 Learning

Note:  I’m working on write-ups of the AAAOM conference in Portland.  I’m writing something about Nigel Wiseman’s talk on Chinese medical translation and my general support for his ideas.  I’m also writing about the national student organization meetings and my renewed optimism and excitement concerning the viability of our profession in the US.  I’d also [...]

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Chinese medicine is scientific

11 September 2007 Science

There is an interesting conversation going on across a couple of blogs, Shiatsu blogger and, where the conversation began, Shiatsu Blog. The topic, basically, concerns the fit of “alternative medicine”, in the broader field of “science.” You need to look through the comments on that second post to see where the conversation goes. [...]

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Dizzy? Eat some dragon bones.

4 July 2007 CM News

I ran across a news item today of some interest to my readers. It involves the discovery that some villagers in China were using the fossils of a dinosaur as medicine, apparently not knowing that they were an important artifact.
“They had believed that the ‘dragon bones’ were from the dragons flying in the [...]

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