lavachat
lavachat t1_itlkygw wrote
I've learned it's on mesopotamian clay tablets, with a description of symptoms and treatments - although it was handled by priests, since they thought it was caused by demonic possession or curses (by either a god or a human). Does trying to find out which cause "applied" in each case as early psychotherapy?
The eighth and ninth clay tablets of the Gilgamesh epos describe his grief and wanderings after Enkidu's death, with an account we would read as depression today.
Later on Herodot and Plutarch describe it as a disease in their medical texts, but they called it melancholia.
lavachat t1_irlx4d0 wrote
Reply to comment by SemanticTriangle in Heavy-load exercise in older adults activates vasculogenesis and has a stronger impact on muscle gene expression than in young adults (Oct 2022) by basmwklz
Involuntarily training stops in 70+ due to fractures and longer healing periods, dizziness, fall risks, joint pain etc are common.
lavachat t1_j45lehy wrote
Reply to When nerve damage occurs, where is the pain perceived? at the site of damage or at the end of the nerve? by menooby
Everywhere that sensory nerve has its branches end, and sometimes over every sensory quality it transmits. So the feelings can switch between different sorts of pain, or temperature, or vibration, or pressure. It depends on what kind of damage occurred where along the nerve.