Tag: AIDS
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Rumpelstiltskin syndrome in medicine: the power of a name
There is a long tradition in folklore, one shared by shamans and occultists, that knowing the true name of something gives you power over it. Many years ago I had a very sick patient in the PICU who one morning, totally out of the blue, broke out in a bright, red rash all over his…
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Rumpelstiltskin syndrome in medicine — the power of a name
There is a long tradition in folklore, one shared by shamans and occultists, that knowing the true name of something gives you power over it. Many years ago I had a very sick patient in the PICU who one morning, totally out of the blue, broke out in a bright, red rash all over his…