Sunday, May 5, 2013

Why Classification Matters

A case of REM sleep behavior disorder, narcolepsy-cataplexy, parkinsonism and rheumatoid arthritis.

Because these are all autoimmune reactions to the same damn infection, not separate disorders.

I'm guessing their patient also had extensive dental disease, but they just didn't think that was relevant...

We do not see the lens through which we look.
-Ruth Benedict