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There are two main aspects of gourmand syndrome: first, the fine dining habits and changes to taste, and second, an obsessive component which may result in craving and preservation. [2] Gourmand syndrome can be related to, and shares biological features with, addictive and obsessive disorders. [2] [3] The syndrome was first characterized in ...
Bowden's malady Firefly: A degenerative disease that affects the bone and muscle, the only known treatment being a drug called Pescaline D. The disease is considered a "quirk" of planetary terraforming – the result of underground air mixing with a mine's ore processors. BS Arrested Development
Similarly, in Eastern Europe it was called "the malady of palaces". In France, the association of syphilis with court life was responsible for the term mal de cour, which usage lasted into modern times. The Rouen physician Jacques de Béthencourt (1477–ca. 1527) similarly observed that syphilis was known there as "the disease of the magnates".
Gourmet Detective [1] is an American-Canadian series of made-for-television mystery films based on a book series of the same name from author Peter King [2] that stars Dylan Neal [3] [4] as Henry Ross, a chef turned culinary sleuth and Brooke Burns [5] [6] as Detective Maggie Price.
Gourmand was derived from a French word that has different connotations from the similar word gourmet, which emphasizes an individual with a refined, discerning palate [2] [4] and is more often applied to the preparer than the consumer of the food. But in practice, the two terms are closely linked, as both imply the enjoyment of good food.
René is a young man who was suffering from the moral malady known as "le mal du siècle". This was an "état d'âme" [note 1] that was not uncommon during the first half of the nineteenth century, and that was often copied and idealized in literature. It was largely boredom.
The Sickness unto Death (Danish: Sygdommen til Døden) is a book written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1849 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus. A work of Christian existentialism, the book is about Kierkegaard's concept of despair, which he equates with the Christian concept of sin, which he terms "the sin of despair".
Erethism, [n 1] also known as erethismus mercurialis, mad hatter disease, or mad hatter syndrome, is a neurological disorder which affects the whole central nervous system, as well as a symptom complex, derived from mercury poisoning.