At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for strokes, heart attacks

Re:At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for stroke... by anitil on Saturday April 07, 2018 @11:26PM (#16784457)

'hagiography' - Thanks for a new word! ('a biography that treats its subject with undue reverence')

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Re:At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for stroke... by dbasedweeb on Saturday April 07, 2018 @11:38PM (#16784478)

If you’re into etymology at all, it’s worth knowing that originally a hagiography was the biography of a saint, focusing on their miracles.

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Re:At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for stroke... by rhaps0dy on Sunday April 08, 2018 @08:03AM (#16785767)

I thought that it was still technically the biography of a saint, and was only used as anitil's definition by way of metaphor.

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Re:At 88, doctor pursues a long-ignored treatment for stroke... by anitil on Monday April 09, 2018 @07:21PM (#16797847)

I wasn't sure which definition was common parlance so took a punt that the metaphor had overtaken the true meaning.

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