Whatever one says about the U.K., one can never pretend that there is any English-speaking country with a more pronounced sense of the bizarre.
The other day The Independent reported that 35 years ago, "Baroness Elaine Murphy, a cross-bench peer and former Professor of Psychiatry at Guy's Hospital, has confessed to manufacturing a medical condition which only existed in her imagination.
In a letter to the British Medical Journal published in 1974, the young Dr Murphy claimed to have discovered "cello scrotum", a painful affliction which only affected male players of the instrument."
Inspired by a previous letter to the BMJ on "guitar nipple", the condition went unheralded until late last year (see the report for details).
The other day The Independent reported that 35 years ago, "Baroness Elaine Murphy, a cross-bench peer and former Professor of Psychiatry at Guy's Hospital, has confessed to manufacturing a medical condition which only existed in her imagination.
In a letter to the British Medical Journal published in 1974, the young Dr Murphy claimed to have discovered "cello scrotum", a painful affliction which only affected male players of the instrument."
Inspired by a previous letter to the BMJ on "guitar nipple", the condition went unheralded until late last year (see the report for details).
Oh, England, I do miss you.
As of now, there are also a number of reasonably witty comments, well worth reading. They include mentions of similar conditions, "Harp Clit"& "Rock Cock".
2 comments:
I blame my Piano Piles on my music teacher, who never allowed me use of a cushion.
I wince in sympathy at the thought of piano piles. Ho-ho.
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