As my students and I work our way through our Destiny & Diarrhea project, we keep coming up with medical terms from the mid-late 19th Century that have us a bit flummoxed.
Imagine my excitement when I found this website.
I was working in the Library with my guys when I found it. I admit it; I actually "Woo-Hoo"ed. My students looked over at me. I explained that I'd just found a website that explains some of these old medical terms.
"Quick - give me one," I said.
"This says that my guy is 'ruptured'," one boy shot back. "What does THAT mean?"
I plugged it into the search feature on the webpage.
"YES! Your guy has a HERNIA!!!" I said, WAY too excitedly.
This elicited a tremendous positive response from my students. It may be my imagination, but I think two of them may even have high-fived each other.
Then, after a moment of silence...
"Um... What's a hernia?"
Imagine my excitement when I found this website.
I was working in the Library with my guys when I found it. I admit it; I actually "Woo-Hoo"ed. My students looked over at me. I explained that I'd just found a website that explains some of these old medical terms.
"Quick - give me one," I said.
"This says that my guy is 'ruptured'," one boy shot back. "What does THAT mean?"
I plugged it into the search feature on the webpage.
"YES! Your guy has a HERNIA!!!" I said, WAY too excitedly.
This elicited a tremendous positive response from my students. It may be my imagination, but I think two of them may even have high-fived each other.
Then, after a moment of silence...
"Um... What's a hernia?"
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