• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone
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    5 months ago

    wtf is ‘internal medicine’? Isn’t all medicine internal to some degree? Or is this a euphemism? Cos if so I missed the email.

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      5 months ago

      It’s when they shrink down the doctor so they are really tiny so they can examine you from the inside. Very expensive due to danger pay, if they take a wrong turn they can accidentally disolve themselves in stomach acid.

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      5 months ago

      I have just learnt it is the American version of the term, so naturally it doesn’t make sense. I was hoping it would help distinguish “general practitioner” (GP/family doctor) with “general physician” (medical specialist) which are commonly confused, even until recently by myself.