As we review the history of medical instruction in the book of medicine, it becomes somewhat apparent that things were typically done more out of a need for necessity. Sometimes the perspective was based on false premises, sometimes the science or medicine was wrong, and sometimes the wrong treatment was utilized, but one commonality seems to be the perceived necessity. One hundred years ago when surgical procedures were not much better than they were 1,000 years ago, you didn't fix something that wasn't broken and typically you didn't fix something unless it was very broken.
Today we fix things that are not broken all the time. We fix things to make them better than they were originally. 'Better' is loosely defined in medicine today. It can mean an aesthetic improvement or a functional improvement or a combination of the two.
One sub niche of cosmetic surgery is ethnic plastic surgery. This area of medicine focuses on changing physical traits that are common to one ethnic group. Sometimes that physical characteristic is changed in a way that reduces the perception of the trait being identifiable from that original ethnic source.
Another niche of cosmetic surgery is a localized procedure for beverly hills breast reduction. Breast augmentations are typically aesthetically driven, and they are usually augmented by increasing size or volume of the breast. Some women choose to go the other direction. Breast reductions can be driven by aesthetic purposes, but they can also be driven by functional purposes as well. The reduction can reduce body weight and make movement and exercise more comfortable.
A third niche of cosmetic surgery is los angeles liposuction. This process is often cosmetic but does provide health benefits by reducing the straing on the heart and other systems. Liposuction removes body fat from localized areas of the body. It literally sucks the fatty tissue out of the body. When people gain weight they can grow new fat cells. When they loose weight they do not loose fat cells, the cells just get smaller. Liposuction removes the fast cells, making it somewhat easier to maintain a new lower weight.
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- BLADDER AND PART OF VAGINA.
The function and form of the bladder are familiarly known. It is the recipient of the kidney secretions, and contains them till voided to the urinary canal. It is a tough, elastic structure, guarded at the exit by a contractile file, a means of which the urine can be retained until the quantity becomes excessive. The plate brings out the entire urinal tracks, from the bladder to the vagina, and presents a fine and useful anatomical and physiological study.
Again within this section the author in his no-nonsense, concise and to the point and descriptive of process just enough, but not too much. The section is not terribly illuminating, and read somewhat like sixth grade biology report that lightly describes a topic but really doesn’t tell you any useful information. The lack of information as it can to using a light bulb from a hundred years ago versus using advanced halogen light today or possibly a high-end fixture such as
kichler lighting. It just wasn’t a lot of information provided. - Wonders of the Eye.
Wonders of the Eye. – the human eye is one of the most wonderful, as well as delicate, organs of the body. It is the window through which the heart, mind and soul of man shines. Sorrow or joy, reformers, pain or pleasure, sunshine or shadow or reflected through this wondrous camera of light; the human passions hold their orgies in this window; truth and love dance they’re happy and joyous daydreams before its luminous curtain; and through it accurate to limitations of every object comes within its range are carried to and photographed on the brain, the great Art Gallery of the soul! Can man, with all of his great and scientific achievements, conceive of anything in the arcana of his accomplishments more beautiful, more wonderful, or more perfect than the human eye!
Just a quick refresher, our transcription strives to be great but is still not fool proof. If you spot an error or something that looks wrong, please drop us a comment and let us know and we will review it again. As we cover writing from 100 years ago, it sometimes becomes difficult to spot an error created now from one that was borderline then. In the meantime, we’ll try not to pull the roller shades down over our own eyes . . .
- Healthy Hawaii Vacation
As I take a break from the book of medicine, I’d like to suggest something that has probably helped my peace of mind and my health and even my energy level more than possibly anything I’ve done in the last seven years.
It was a vacation to Hawaii.
You won’t find something like that in a medical book, but the concept of getting away from everything and relaxing is something that is widely recommended and historically has been recommended by many doctors. There’s something special about Hawaii, however it is difficult to describe.
About seven years ago I took a vacation to Hawaii and stayed in a beach condo. We rented a nice little place on the beach and stayed there for about 10 days.
It was a fantastic experience. Just recovering from jet lag by sleeping in the beach breeze was an experience that I still haven’t forgotten and probably never will. I learned to love mahi-mahi, I hiked up Diamond Head and several other small mountains in the area. Plus I went jogging several miles each day.
Oh and on my healthy Hawaiian vacation I also spent a lot of time in the water!
I am definitely going to go back to Hawaii someday soon. Knowing what I know today, I will probably try something a little different but stay focused on the same theme. I’ve been researching why Makena oceanfront condo and based on some of the pictures I’ve seen I think I’m definitely going to try them out.
Soaking up Ecotourism in Hawaii
While we were there the first time, we soaked up a lot of the local culture and the landscape.
In retrospect that seems essential to the concept of having a healthy Hawaii vacation. after all it wouldn’t be that healthy if we visited and harmed the environment or impaired the culture or did something damaging. It seems to me to be very important to visit a place and leave it as good as you found it and if possible maybe a little better.
This kind of touches on the theme of ecotourism. Ecotourism is the concept of visiting a place, and helping the local ecosystem and the local culture and possibly the local economy.
We did all those things when we visited, and that helped us make a longer lasting connection during our vacation. The last thing you want is to stay in some cold corporate hotel, the type of place that you can find anywhere in the world only to walk away from the vacation more drained than when you started. Kind of like eating at McDonalds.
We soaked up the culture and the history and the beauty of the environment and that’s what made our vacation special.