A hundred years ago: Blue brains (or peripheral stasis). Practitioner 2013; 257 (1760):37
Blue brains (or peripheral stasis)
25 Apr 2013
I ONCE told a lady, who asked me what was her disease, that her brains were blue, and I believe she still regards it as quite a bon mot, for she has sent others of enquiring mind that I might discover the colour of their intellect...
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