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Oh, well, shows how much *I* know about the fine art of bloodletting. Scrap that idea. Adam --- Padraic Brown <elemtilas@hidden.email> wrote: > --- Adam Walker <carrajena@hidden.email> wrote: > > > Since vein is vina, I choose an "a" form since > > they are the same category or a "u" form to > make > > them more > > different and start some kind of yin/yangish > > mumbojumbo about male and female principles in > > bloodflow and have local bloodletters choosing > > to open > > veins or arteries based on assumed excesses of > > "male" or "female" > > A leach that opens his patient's arteries will > not be a leach for long! Reason being, arterial > flow is under high pressure; if you lance an > artery, it _will_ spurt in what is colloquially > known as a "pumper". If the artery he hits is big > enough, the patient will bleed out before he can > do anything to stop it. Given the crude state of > C-a medicine (sheesh! bloodletting!?), I would > not bet a falus on one of their leaches being > able to recover from such an error. Anyway, > arteries are deep and not easily reached by your > average fleam, the blade of which is about 1/2 an > inch long. > > > Okay the C-a word for artery is arteriu/arteju. > > But which one? > > So long as C-a doctors keep well away from mine, > they can use whichever one they please! ;) > > Padraic. > > > ===== > Passe l?tempeor po rizer; passe l?tempeor pois > Dd? > -- per tradici鋝 Niponor > > > > > . > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe to this group, sell your soul to > Satan, do not pass go, do not collect $200. In other > words, you're stuck here now!! > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >