THE SCENE: This medical “fact” could be useful for people who are seeking to resolve disputes between different parts of their body.
THE TEXT: We divide the body into four parts: head, stomach, belly, and bladder. The head is an empire, the stomach a kingdom, the belly a hovel, but the bladder is a hired hand.
– The Wisdom of the Art of Medicine, 6th Century AD
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