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TheLeopardSociety t1_iqn4vfq wrote

Now that I've learned this, how have I been made better?

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AgentElman t1_iqnbry2 wrote

You never know. Just like he was not sure of the benefits of recording all of this. Or Tycho Brahe was not sure of the benefits of all of the celestial observations he made and recorded.

We tend to discover that there is a lot to learn from big data. And most of it is things we did not expect to learn.

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SixedSigma t1_iqnow7p wrote

LOL first “qualitative” scientist. AKA “measurable” scientist. Makes sense

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haggisbasher16 t1_iqnqwyp wrote

I suppose there was no concept of fuel/energy then so I can see where the idea of perspiration came from

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CrieDeCoeur t1_iqnshpk wrote

I guess one's perspiration would be insensible if it was poop instead of sweat.

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CombatDeffective t1_iqnslo9 wrote

I mean, 10 years is research... 30 years? That's just a fetish at that point.

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lysianth t1_iqoic2l wrote

You probably gain nothing. Someone with curiosity would look into it more and learn. Maybe they just improve their own diet because of their findings, or maybe they get into research relating to the field.

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youngmindoldbody t1_iqoznox wrote

The Insensible Perspiration of Santorio Santorio just screams movie title.

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dishonourableaccount t1_iqp5dhu wrote

114 would be for sure, but it's a misconception that people died much earlier in pre-modern times. Assuming you made it past the much higher chance of infant mortality and childhood diseases, odds are you could make it to 70 years old just like nowadays.

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PorkyMcRib t1_iqp7le1 wrote

I bet he was a blast at parties.

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ColbyL93 t1_iqplqlk wrote

“God dammit I put the food on the poop scale again”

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MrTidels t1_iqq59y8 wrote

Hope they used separate scales…

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beepo7654 t1_iqq6n2o wrote

Today we name his process, Instagram

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zip_tack t1_iqqbpjz wrote

He actually did calculate the correct amount of fluid loss via breathing etc. We add about the same amount if the patient is totally dependent on intravenous fluids.

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want-to-say-this t1_iqqmzr5 wrote

Not at once. He saved it all and weighed it one time gosh.

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ideographic t1_iqqps24 wrote

His peer reviews must really have been something.

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Ameren t1_iqrloxs wrote

>Wonder if they had PhD candidates back then.

They did! Since the early days of the European university system (since the 1100s or so), graduate students have worked under the tutelage/mentorship of one or more advisors as part of their education. As a STEM PhD myself, academic genealogy is fun to look into. For example, Sir Isaac Newton had a student, who had a student, and so on, who eventually had me.

Santorio became the chair of Theoretical Medicine at the University of Padua, which was a very well-known and respected institution (Galileo also taught there, for instance). I'd have to do some digging, but I'm sure he had plenty of PhD students whose lineage continues to the present day.

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m945050 t1_iqttv5t wrote

One of the first cases of innies and outies in recorded history.

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