Mythology & Medicine Hospitalist conference Dang Duong 4/1/19 “It means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less” – Humpty Dumpty
2 Ulralgia LFT TB Dr.
Lown 3 JAK2
4 JANUS
5 Proteus mirabilis
6 PROTEUS
VS
Proteus Klippel–Trenaunay Syndrome
7 Proteus mirabilis Ascites
8 AEOLUS ASKOS
ASCITES
9 Ammonia
10 AMON AMMONIA I am writing you in hopes of adding to your collection of medical etymologies. In this case, I came across a word that relates to my Egyptian heritage. I was just on my Neurology rotation and was reviewing neuroanatomy when I came across the regions of the Hippocampus, labeled CA1, CA2, CA3. Turns out CA stands for “Cornu Ammonis” which is Greek for the Horns of Amun. This is because the ancient Egyptian god Amun (later declared the one true god, Amun-Ra) was often portrayed with the head of a ram, whose horns resemble the shape of the hippocampus. Furthermore, I learned that Amun is also where the word “ammonia" comes from, due to depositions of ammonium chloride next to the Temple of Jupiter Ammon (the Roman’s version of Amun) in Ancient Libya. The salt was the result of years of excrement from camels parked outside the temple, and the Romans11 called it “sal ammoniacus,” a term revived many centuries later by a Swedish chemist. Venereal disease
12 APHRODITE VENUS
13 Subarachnoid hemorrhage
14 ARACHNE ARACHNOID MEMBRANE
15 Geriatrics Senile
16 Geras Senectus Geriatric Senile
17 Hypnosis Insomnia (lethargy) Euthanasia Thanatophobia
19 Phantosmia
20 Phantasos
21 Morphine
22 MORPHEUS
23 Atropine Klotho gene
24 MOIRAE (the fates)
25 Ondine curse
26 Ondine (undine)
27 Precision vs Proscrustean medcine
28 Procrustes
29 Artifical hepatic assist devices Prometheus
30 Prometheus
31 Rhabdomyolysis
32 Rhadamanthus
33 Selenium Lunate bone
34 Selene Luna
35 THALASSEMIA
36 THALASSA
37 Priapism
38 PRIAPOS
39 Sphincter of Oddi
40 Sphinx
41 Syringe
42 Syrinx
43 IRIS
44 IRIS
45 Halcyon
46 ALCYONE
A kingfisher (a halcyon)
47 MEDICINE
48 MEDEA
49 The End
50 51 52 53 54 Hypersexuality (Satyriasis)
55 56 57 58 Helios
59 Sisyph us
60 61 62 Acanthus plant 63