{"id":111759,"date":"2022-05-01T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111759"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T18:47:38","slug":"doctor-curmudgeon-just-a-love-hate-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111759","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae Just a Love-Hate Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111759\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=111759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-111760 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_eTmqlOUJfagHaRvRyCyheg-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_eTmqlOUJfagHaRvRyCyheg-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1_eTmqlOUJfagHaRvRyCyheg.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman, is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist\/cardiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is wrong with you, \u201cI yelled.<\/p>\n<p>Madly pushing buttons, I muttered curses at the silent object before me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were fine two days ago. I need you Now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staring at the silent object in front of me, I plopped down on the stool beside it\u2026.in silent defeat.<\/p>\n<p>The washing machine was filled with clothes.<\/p>\n<p>The correct soap had been applied, just the way the machine had always liked it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I had even spoken kindly to it.<\/p>\n<p>Was this a battle I could not win?<\/p>\n<p>The warranty had expired last month.<\/p>\n<p>Was this simply a case of the animosity of inanimate objects?<\/p>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it needed a silent rest.<\/p>\n<p>I would wait a while.<\/p>\n<p>And so I sat and mused.<\/p>\n<p>In ancient times, I would have been the washing machine. I would have been rubbing sand on my clothes and pounding away with a rock before tossing them into a nearby stream.<\/p>\n<p>Who was the wonderful human who came up with the idea of a machine to do the dirty work?<\/p>\n<p>It seems that there were several inventors who worked on this miraculous device.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in France in the early years of the 1800s, a device called a ventilator appeared. It was a metal drum pierced with holes and it had to be hand turned over a fire. Not for me! Most likely, I would have set the nearby environment ablaze!<\/p>\n<p>In 1851, James King received a patent for one of the first modern machines; it did have a drum and was also hand powered. About that time William Blackstone became well known for creating a washing machine for his wife.it was in 1874 and was a birthday present for her,. I have been told that she was ecstatic about her gift.<\/p>\n<p>Then along came a machine called The Thor, from the brain of Alva J. Fisher. It was a drum, of course, but this time it had a galvanized tub.<\/p>\n<p>The Maytag Corporation entered the picture in 1907 with a wooden tub and they were quickly followed by the Whirlpool Corporation, with its electric motor driven machine that had a clothes wringer.<\/p>\n<p>But the very earliest washing machine was back in 1797, when an unknown person invented the scrub board. Indeed, a great help in its day.<\/p>\n<p>As I sat and continued my musings, I noticed a black cord lying quietly on the floor. I followed the cord. Someone had moved the washer to clean behind it.<\/p>\n<p>I continued tracing the cord.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed an empty socket.<\/p>\n<p>I plugged in the cord.<\/p>\n<p>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Curmudgeon suggests &#8220;Bitter Medicine\u201d, Dr. Eugene Eisman&#8217;s story of his experiences&#8211;from the humorous to the intense&#8212;as a young army doctor serving in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>Bitter Medicine by Eugene H. Eisman, M.D. &#8211;on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bitter-Medicine-Doctors-Year-Vietnam\/dp\/0615874347\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae is Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D., a physician-satirist. This column originally appeared on SERMO, the leading global social network for doctors.<\/p>\n<p>SERMO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sermo.com\">www.sermo.com<\/a> \u201ctalk real world medicine\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman, is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist\/cardiologist \u201cWhat is wrong with you, \u201cI yelled. Madly pushing buttons, I muttered curses at the silent object before me. \u201cYou were fine two days ago. 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