Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.
Word History is a podcast for people who enjoy words and history.
Each episode takes a small set of words linked to a theme. You'll hear what they mean, where they come from and which familiar words share the same linguistic roots, along with stories from the past related to their use.
Listen for words that sharpen expression, and brief histories that show how ideas and practices, as well as language, took shape. Across an archive of more than a hundred episodes, you'll find explanations of word, name and phrase origins.
The majority of etymologies featured return to Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin and Old French, providing a look into languages of the past that underpin English.
New episodes on Sundays.
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Get in touch: https://etymoleon.com
Etymoleon - Word History, the etymology podcast.
119. Nursing
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Morphine was first drawn out of opium in 1806 and is named after a god of dreams. Egyptian remedies recorded ingredients that seem hard to take seriously, though some echo ideas later seen in aspirin and penicillin. A gunshot wound would go on to help a 19th century surgeon understand how the body digests food.
Alongside these histories, this episode traces the origins of words such as analgesic, febrifuge, hospital, accoucheur, PRN and clinic.
Transition sound by https://audionautix.com
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https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/41595/pg41595-images.html
https://www.geriwalton.com/bonesetters-joint-manipulators-and-musculoskeletal-fixers/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-19012179
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/21/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-dana-raphael.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772609624000261
https://becker.wustl.edu/news/william-beaumonts-momentous-and-unethical-experiments/