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Death by Overstudy?

01:33, Saturday, January 20, 2007 .. Posted in Patricia Ponders .. 1 comments .. Link

I used to do home health care for the elderly. One of my favorite clients was one of the first women doctors to practice in the US. She was still very conginitive, and I enjoyed her company very much. She liked that I read to her from a gift for her 100th birthday - a book of Times Union Newspapers from 1900-2000.
I remember one article distinctly - it was about a Harvard Student who died suddenly in the middle of a class. It was determined, as he was very studious, and had a perfect GPA; that he died from overstudy.
We laughed, she rattled out the more likely causes of his sudden death, based on the description of the sceneario in the paper. We talked about how far medical science had come so far from the years when she began to practice medicine .... However, today - I'm feeling that.
I'm studying for work, and I'm sure it's killing me. Hurting anyway. I've got 2 CD's to complete, not to mention a binder full of worksheets and passages to read and work with. Sigh. I'd rather be crocheting, sewing or even dreaming about how to set up our new home.

Guess I'd better get back to hitting the books though

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Death by Overstudy?

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