Talk:2850: Doctor's Office - Revision history

Certified nqh at 17:09, 10 November 2023

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172.70.85.222: Small MRTs

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Small MRTs

BunsenH at 18:48, 6 November 2023

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Joe Perez at 18:03, 6 November 2023

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Jadatkins: Google Maps comment

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Google Maps comment

172.71.186.18: librarians

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librarians

172.71.151.116 at 07:38, 5 November 2023

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172.71.150.82 at 07:33, 5 November 2023

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172.71.142.100 at 17:02, 4 November 2023

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172.71.142.104 at 16:41, 4 November 2023

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 Why wouldn't Randal post this on a Monday instead of a Friday?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.65|162.158.166.65]] 22:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
-added transccccccccc [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 22:06, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
+added transccccccccc [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 22:06, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
 Should [[699: Trimester]] be mentioned in the explanation anywhere?--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.58.190|172.69.58.190]] 02:11, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
-:eh. probably. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 02:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
+:eh. probably. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]{{citation needed}} 02:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 Here before fans inevitably figure out which crossword number it is <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">[[User:SomeoneIGuess|someone, i guess]]<sup>([[User talk:SomeoneIGuess|talk i guess]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/SomeoneIGuess|le edit list]])</sup></span>  02:45, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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	I would argue that "making holes in you" is much more likely to refer to the use of needles and syringes, first to withdraw blood for lab analysis (to determine the root cause of being too hot), and subsequently to administer medication to combat whatever infection is detected. [[User:Joe Perez\|Joe Perez]] ([[User talk:Joe Perez\|talk]])		I would argue that "making holes in you" is much more likely to refer to the use of needles and syringes, first to withdraw blood for lab analysis (to determine the root cause of being too hot), and subsequently to administer medication to combat whatever infection is detected. [[User:Joe Perez\|Joe Perez]] ([[User talk:Joe Perez\|talk]])
	:I agree; I've made that addition. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 18:48, 6 November 2023 (UTC)		:I agree; I've made that addition. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 18:48, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	There are smaller MRTs just for arms and legs, about the size as shown in the comic. For example the GE Optima MR430s. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.222\|172.70.85.222]] 12:30, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

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−	I would argue that "making holes in you" is much more likely to refer to the use of needles and syringes, first to withdraw blood for lab analysis (to determine the root cause of being too hot), and subsequently to administer medication to combat whatever infection is detected.	+	I would argue that "making holes in you" is much more likely to refer to the use of needles and syringes, first to withdraw blood for lab analysis (to determine the root cause of being too hot), and subsequently to administer medication to combat whatever infection is detected. [[User:Joe Perez\|Joe Perez]] ([[User talk:Joe Perez\|talk]])
		+	:I agree; I've made that addition. [[User:BunsenH\|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH\|talk]]) 18:48, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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	The Google Maps stuff sounds a lot like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c6AADI7Pb4 Wiretapping the Secret Service can be easy and fun] to me. [[User:Jadatkins\|Jadatkins]] ([[User talk:Jadatkins\|talk]]) 15:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)		The Google Maps stuff sounds a lot like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c6AADI7Pb4 Wiretapping the Secret Service can be easy and fun] to me. [[User:Jadatkins\|Jadatkins]] ([[User talk:Jadatkins\|talk]]) 15:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I would argue that "making holes in you" is much more likely to refer to the use of needles and syringes, first to withdraw blood for lab analysis (to determine the root cause of being too hot), and subsequently to administer medication to combat whatever infection is detected.

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	::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104\|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)		::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104\|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
	Maybe the "We're like librarians, but for your bones and blood" refers to medical studies, that involve a lot of rote memorization. Among the things medical students need to know by heart are the names of bones and blood vessels. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.186.18\|172.71.186.18]] 00:17, 6 November 2023 (UTC)		Maybe the "We're like librarians, but for your bones and blood" refers to medical studies, that involve a lot of rote memorization. Among the things medical students need to know by heart are the names of bones and blood vessels. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.186.18\|172.71.186.18]] 00:17, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	The Google Maps stuff sounds a lot like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c6AADI7Pb4 Wiretapping the Secret Service can be easy and fun] to me. [[User:Jadatkins\|Jadatkins]] ([[User talk:Jadatkins\|talk]]) 15:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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	::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician might not hold a doctorate degree (technically "is not a doctor") and in which, in the modern day, surgeries seldom (never?) take place. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.82\|172.71.150.82]] 07:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC)		::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician might not hold a doctorate degree (technically "is not a doctor") and in which, in the modern day, surgeries seldom (never?) take place. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.82\|172.71.150.82]] 07:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
	::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104\|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)		::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104\|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
		+	Maybe the "We're like librarians, but for your bones and blood" refers to medical studies, that involve a lot of rote memorization. Among the things medical students need to know by heart are the names of bones and blood vessels. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.186.18\|172.71.186.18]] 00:17, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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 :For all the problems with the UK healthcare systems (and the gods know that there are indeed some), I can't see Beret Guy's system working here, at the same level of hypothetical. (Same with policing matters.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.33|141.101.98.33]] 14:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 ::Just imagine how Americans feel when we read about members of Parliament holding [https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/surgeries/ surgeries] for their constituents. Very confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.7|172.70.127.7]] 15:58, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
-::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician may not hold a doctorate degree (technically "is not a doctor") and in which, in the modern day, surgeries seldom (never?) take place. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.82|172.71.150.82]] 07:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
+::: It's helpful (at least to me) to read the [https://www.etymonline.com/word/surgery etymology of the word "surgery"], especially how, in British English, it came to mean "a (place for) consultation." Combine this with the realization that, whereas in the USA a physician holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine doctorate degree], a physician in the UK holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine,_Bachelor_of_Surgery bachelor's degree] - UK secondary school graduates, if they qualify, go directly to medical school, bypassing the bachelor's degree step forced on would-be physicians in the US. Thus, a "doctor's office" in the USA is a place where the physician holds a doctorate degree (technically "is a doctor"), and is found in an office processing the paperwork that dominates the doctor's day, whilst a "doctor's surgery" in the UK is a place where the physician might not hold a doctorate degree (technically "is not a doctor") and in which, in the modern day, surgeries seldom (never?) take place. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.82|172.71.150.82]] 07:33, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
 ::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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	:For all the problems with the UK healthcare systems (and the gods know that there are indeed some), I can't see Beret Guy's system working here, at the same level of hypothetical. (Same with policing matters.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.33\|141.101.98.33]] 14:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC)		:For all the problems with the UK healthcare systems (and the gods know that there are indeed some), I can't see Beret Guy's system working here, at the same level of hypothetical. (Same with policing matters.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.33\|141.101.98.33]] 14:10, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
	::Just imagine how Americans feel when we read about members of Parliament holding [https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/surgeries/ surgeries] for their constituents. Very confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.7\|172.70.127.7]] 15:58, 4 November 2023 (UTC)		::Just imagine how Americans feel when we read about members of Parliament holding [https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/surgeries/ surgeries] for their constituents. Very confusing. --[[Special:Contributions/172.70.127.7\|172.70.127.7]] 15:58, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
		+	::: "We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." - [https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/03/common/ Oscar Wilde, 1887] [[Special:Contributions/172.71.142.104\|172.71.142.104]] 16:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)