La parádola de los seis ciegos y el elefante indostano o comprendiendo la esencia de la medicina interna / The fable of the six blind men and the elephant from indostan or understanding the internal medicine essence
Gac. méd. Caracas
;
119(1): 39-47, ene.-mar. 2011. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-680326
RESUMEN
Existe una antigua fábula popularizada en un poema escrito por el poema norteamericano John G Saxe en 1860. En él se demuestra como podemos estar equivocados si sustentamos nuestras opiniones con base a una insuficiente evidencia obtenida a través de un inadecuado estudio. Cada uno de los seis ciegos del poema se acercó al elefante para investigar cómo era pero tomando solo una parte aislada del animal. Cada uno se hizo de una solida pero errónea opinión de lo que realmente era un elefante. Discutieron entre sí defendiendo sus impresiones y como Saxe escribiera, "Los ciegos disputan y se querellan cada uno está seguro de haber hecho bien su prueba...¡Cada uno tiene un poco de razón...y todos están equivocados!". El autor asimila al elefante a un paciente cuya queja es interpretada de manera diferente al ser analizada a través del juicio prejuiciado de diversos especialistas al interpretar fragmentos inconexos del todo indivisible que es el ser humano
ABSTRACT
There is old Indian fable made popular in a poem written by John G. Saxe in 1860. It demonstrates how we can be so very wrong by basing our opinions on insufficient evidence gained through inadequate studies. Each of the six blind men in the poem walked up to an imposing elephant to investigate what it investigate what it was-but each touched only one part of the animal. Each man had a faulty yet strong opinion of what an elephant was really like and disputed the others with great vigor. As Saxe wrote, "through each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong! "The author compares the elephant to a patient whose complaint is interpreted differently when analyzed through the prejudiced judgment of various specialist who interpret unconnected fragments of the fully indivisible human being
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Poetry as Topic
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Sensation
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Specialization
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Blindness
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Touch Perception
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Intelligence
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Internal Medicine
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Gac. méd. Caracas
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Central de Venezuela/VE
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