Happy purgatives' day

Today in Ireland it is a day of public drunkenness and parades, of which first the saint whose feast it is would possibly have disapproved, and of which second doubtless he would have preferred more holy themes.

I hate St. Patrick's Day because it is boring. And also because as far as I can tell the historical St. Patrick was a bit of a prick.

So let me link you instead to two lectures on ancient medicine which my supervisor forwarded me: on this page, Vivian Nutton and Geoffrey Lloyd.