A few years ago I was at a horse show on a really hot day. As “horse show mom”, my duties were simple: get up early, drive child to show, groom and saddle horse, and stand around all day while trying NOT to offer helpful advice to said child. On this particular humid day the… Continue reading Wilderness Medicine
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."