why did doctors wear those silver reflective surfaces on their foreheads?
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Because they are so smart, they've got to have something to make them look like *sses.
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William Shatner was actually wearing one back during the original Star Trek series, in 1969. I am sure that the "piece" got bigger and bigger as he aged. I actually think he had some pretty neat ones as they looked great on him.
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they work the same way one way mirrors work.  A one-way mirror has a reflective coating applied in a very thin, sparse layer -- so thin that it's called a half-silvered surface. The name half-silvered comes from the fact that the reflective molecules coat the glass so sparsely that only about half the molecules needed to make the glass an opaque mirror are applied. At the molecular level, there are reflective molecules speckled all over the glass in an even film but only half of the glass is covered. The half-silvered surface will reflect about half the light that strikes its surface, while letting the other half go straight through.
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To keep them cool. White helps reflect the sun light. And the long robes prevent sunburn.
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They represent bandages. red for bloody ones and white for clean ones. For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_dresser
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White clothes always project a sense of purity, cleanliness. It's only natural that chefs and doctors would want to wear white for the sake of their customers.
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To avoid having shadows on their face.
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They wore powdered wigs because lice and scabies were very very common so they shaved off there hair ahd wore wigs    I found it in my US history book.
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There was a great article in the most recent issue of Time Magazine. There are doctors who specialize in it interviewed in the magazine that you can contact.
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Because their absoptance factor is higher. i.e. less heat radiation is reflected
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I was told by my doctor that skin tags are harmless. Since I have an excellent doctor, I believe him. Thanks.
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Because they are a copper alloy.
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It stands for Doctor of Medicine.
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Bangs to the heads. These are hair allowed to grow over the forehead and cut a short distance above the eye. These are good for hiding ugly forehead wrinkles and/or warts. More popular in the eighties, today bangs are worn only by eccentrics like yourself or dr. gonzo. peace.
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Presumably to standardize terms between doctors in different regions.\n\nAnd because it's a lot more professional than doctors sitting around referring to body parts with various slang terms.
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That effect is real and the explanation is very simple: it's our ears detecting tiny sound reflections from the surrounding environment. Around us there is always noise, although we may not perceive it consciously. But when our forehead is close to a reflecting surface, we perceive those tiny echoes, even if we are blindfolded.\nIt's a very rough version of what bats do all the time.
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i dont know but its true what they say about doctors that they are hot!!!