The first time it happened, I was convinced that the book was somehow misplaced. We had had an open house in the department, with large groups touring our new and very high tech facility. I thought perhaps the cleaning service had tucked the book away for safe keeping. But it was odd that of the… Continue reading This is Not a Lending Library
The great Greek physician and teacher Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them with the Greek word "carcinos", meaning crab or crayfish. This name comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumor, with the "veins stretched out on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet, whence it derives its name."