Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A sharp blow delivered to the precordial area of the chest in an attempt to terminate a lethal cardiac rhythm, such as ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia. A forceful punch delivered to a patient’s sternum in an attempt to terminate a lethal cardiac rhythm, such as ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia. A toxic plant, Tripterygium…

To protect tissues from future injury with anesthetics, drugs, physical exercises, or other therapies.  

An imprecise term for lethargy or stupor.  

Prior knowledge that an event will occur acquired pre-rationally. The belief that there is a form of telepathy in which the person receiving can somehow apprehend the message that the transmitting person has not yet sent and does not even know but will shortly. The theory arises from statistical analysis of the results of telepathy…

In dentistry, the use of manikins, mechanical articulator, artificial or extracted teeth, and the variety of dental instruments and materials to study and master the techniques necessary to do clinical dentistry.  

Study and mastery of the theory and techniques related to the various dental procedures required prior to treating human patients.  

The precipitate produced by action of a precipitin.  

The part of a precipitin that produces the actual precipitation.  

A precipitin that can no longer cause precipitation when mixed with its antigen but that retains its affinity to the antigen.