Comments on: The Doctors’ Mob Riot http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot A collection of Damn Interesting things Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Beautiful Confusion http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-17042 Beautiful Confusion Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:03:16 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-17042 *They say that doctor's were actually enoucouraged to study a corpse should they ever get the opportunity.* sorry, i started to write something else and then decided against it. *They say that doctor’s were actually enoucouraged to study a corpse should they ever get the opportunity.*
sorry, i started to write something else and then decided against it.

]]> By: Beautiful Confusion http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-17041 Beautiful Confusion Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:00:52 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-17041 I used to think that grave robbing was done by the lowest of scum but later I found out that Leonardo Da Vincci did it back in his day to better understand the human body. He furthered medical research by providing the most detailed drawing and diagram of the human heart than what was available before that time. They say that it was doctor's were actually encouraged to study a corpse should they ever get the opportunity. I used to think that grave robbing was done by the lowest of scum but later I found out that Leonardo Da Vincci did it back in his day to better understand the human body. He furthered medical research by providing the most detailed drawing and diagram of the human heart than what was available before that time. They say that it was doctor’s were actually encouraged to study a corpse should they ever get the opportunity.

]]> By: Chory http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2600 Chory Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:42:22 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2600 <p>I find it endlessly amusing that this apparently was the US's first riot. And John Jay, future cheif justice of the Supreme Court, was knocked out by a rock. How would you like to beam a judge in the face? Ah, gotta love mass chaos :P</p> I find it endlessly amusing that this apparently was the US’s first riot. And John Jay, future cheif justice of the Supreme Court, was knocked out by a rock. How would you like to beam a judge in the face? Ah, gotta love mass chaos :P

]]> By: alipardiwala http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2180 alipardiwala Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:13:37 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2180 <p>now thats just evil, digging up someones body and cutting it up. And it was one huge coincidence that the medical student picked this kid to mess around with.</p> now thats just evil, digging up someones body and cutting it up. And it was one huge coincidence that the medical student picked this kid to mess around with.

]]> By: indra c http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2100 indra c Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:10:52 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2100 <p>How do you get from selling corpses to praising the ultra-lords of funk?</p><p>Now if THAT isn't damn-interesting...</p> How do you get from selling corpses to praising the ultra-lords of funk?

Now if THAT isn’t damn-interesting…

]]> By: Stuart http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2097 Stuart Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:44:29 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2097 <p>If there has ever been a greater name for a song than "electric spanking of the war babies" I've not heard about it. All heil Bootsy Collins slap bass!</p> If there has ever been a greater name for a song than “electric spanking of the war babies” I’ve not heard about it. All heil Bootsy Collins slap bass!

]]> By: PresMatt http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2096 PresMatt Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:14:28 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2096 <p>haha dave... I was afraid that I was the only person that made the funkadelic connection.</p> haha dave… I was afraid that I was the only person that made the funkadelic connection.

]]> By: daveslutzkin http://www.damninteresting.com/the-doctors-mob-riot#comment-2095 daveslutzkin Mon, 20 Feb 2006 04:17:46 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=376#comment-2095 <p>"In the morning Governor George Clinton called out the militia and many doctors scurried to leave town."</p><p>I wish that sentence had been:</p><p>"In the morning Governor George Clinton called out the funk! And many doctors boogied and got down."</p> “In the morning Governor George Clinton called out the militia and many doctors scurried to leave town.”

I wish that sentence had been:

“In the morning Governor George Clinton called out the funk! And many doctors boogied and got down.”

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