Footnote Gems
From a footnote on p. 140 of Isaac Asimov's The World of Carbon (1958):
"The American Medical Association disapproves of the name 'ascorbic acid' because it mentions the disease against which the chemical can be used. They don't like to see anything encourage a patient to think he knows which drug is good for what disease and start dosing himself accordingly."
(Scorbus was the Latin name for scurvy.)
"The American Medical Association disapproves of the name 'ascorbic acid' because it mentions the disease against which the chemical can be used. They don't like to see anything encourage a patient to think he knows which drug is good for what disease and start dosing himself accordingly."
(Scorbus was the Latin name for scurvy.)