Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The first company granted permission by the Food and Drug Administration to conduct research into the possible medical uses of LSD.  

In epidemiology, the differences between the findings for all possible samples from the same or equal populations.  

In epidemiology, the actual number of subjects chosen for study to be representative of a larger population.  

An arsenical compound used as a treatment for syphilis before the development of antibiotics.  

A model that locates a person’s position on the health/disease continuum. Antonovsky’s model of health that proposes that health resides on a continuum from an entropic end to a salutary end; how one manages stress can move a person toward either end of the continuum.  

The origin of health as opposed to disease.  

A description of people who overreact to the presence of sodium in the body by retaining fluid resulting in increased blood pressure.  

A diuretic has a false reputation of being an anaphrodisiac. Potassium nitrate, also known as niter, was traditionally used in meat preservation due to its ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria. However, it has largely been replaced by sodium nitrate in modern times. In addition to its preservative properties, potassium nitrate can also be…

Tubal ligation. A surgical operation to remove or cut a Fallopian tube, used as a method of contraception. Surgery in which one or both fallopian tubes (the tubes that transport an egg from an ovary toward the uterus) are removed. Salpingectomy is usually performed to treat an ectopic pregnancy (one that develops outside the uterus)…

An insane asylum in France for female lunatics during the eighteenth century. It was here that Philippe Pinel ordered the chains and shackles removed from the patients, thus introducing the moral treatment movement, Bicetre.