Plato on Veins

Song of the Day: Vein Melter - Herbie Hancock

Quote of the Day: "Now after the superior powers had created all these natures to be food for us who are of the inferior nature, they cut various channels through the body as through a garden, that it might be watered as from a running stream. In the first place, they cut two hidden channels or veins down the back where the skin and the flesh join, which answered severally to the right and left side of the body. These they let down along the backbone, so as to have the marrow of generation between them, where it was most likely to flourish, and in order that the stream coming down from above might flow freely to the other parts, and equalize the irrigation." Plato, Timaeus 77.d

Thought of the Day: Today had a very fulfilling time working with the non-Invasive Cardiovascular Radiology team. We encountered a patient who was a renal donor candidate, and found some (asymptomatic) anomalous venous vasculature on doing Magnetic Resonance and CT studies. I plan to do a presentation on the findings for the team, and found the above quote from Plato quite relevant for the project.