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doctorvertigon

Created on 2001-08-03 08:36:11 (#288857), last updated 2008-04-22

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Name:Dr. Peter Vertigon
Birthdate:1977-07-10
Location:Littleton, Colorado, United States
Bio
I started this journal to post my poetry and short short fiction, but it has extended to include all sorts of other meaningful crap as well. I also find time to post about the perpetually illuminating experiences as the graveyard shift manager of a hotel. I occasionally post the results of Scrabble games I play mostly for my own record and to review my strategies. My wife thinks such posts are boring... AHEM... but now I'm not playing as often so such posts are much less frequent.


Main Entry: 1 doc·tor
Pronunciation: 'däk-t&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English doctour teacher, doctor, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French, from Medieval Latin doctor, from Latin, teacher, from docEre to teach -- more at DOCILE
Date: 14th century
1 a : an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church -- called also doctor of the church b : a learned or authoritative teacher c : a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (as a PhD) conferred by a university d : a person awarded an honorary doctorate (as an LLD or Litt D) by a college or university
2 a : one skilled or specializing in healing arts; especially : a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian who is licensed to practice b : MEDICINE MAN
3 a : material added (as to food) to produce a desired effect b : a blade (as of metal) for spreading a coating or scraping a surface
4 : a person who restores or repairs things

Main Entry: 2 doctor
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): doc·tored; doc·tor·ing /-t(&-)ri[ng]/
Date: 1712
transitive senses
1 a : to give medical treatment to b : to restore to good condition : REPAIR
2 a : to adapt or modify for a desired end by alteration or special treatment b : to alter deceptively
intransitive senses
1 : to practice medicine
2 dialect : to take medicine

Vertigon is a brand of prochlorperazine, and is effective as an antipsychotic, suppressing abnormal behaviour, reducing aggressiveness and producing tranquillisation. It minimises and controls the abnormal behavior associated with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. Use of this drug for more than a few months may lead to the development of involuntary, potentially irreversible movements of the eyes, mouth and tongue. The Vertigon is a spatial disorientation machine, simulating the effect of vertigo to pilots in training by using the Coriolis illusion - a vestibular illusion brought about by a combination of ear, eye, and proprioceptive disturbances. This illusion completely disturbs the perception of true vertical. This is accompanied by vertigo and a complete loss of motion perception of the true vertical.
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