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The doctor's order to do nothing, which somehow exhausts everyone who tries it.
means A prescribed period of staying in bed to recover from illness, injury, or the strains of pregnancy.
from A transparent compound of "bed" and "rest," both ancient English words. "Bed" traces back to Old English "bedd" (a sleeping-place, with Germanic cousins like German "Bett"), and "rest" to Old English "rest" meaning repose or a resting-place. The medical sense — bed as a treatment rather than just a place to sleep — grew with modern clinical practice, when doctors began prescribing stillness itself as a cure.
- bone thief
- Astronauts lose bone density lying still, just like patients
- pregnancy myth
- Studies show it rarely prevents preterm birth
- clot risk
- Too much stillness breeds dangerous blood clots
- muscle melt
- You can lose strength in mere days flat
- royal roots
- Victorian doctors prescribed it for nearly everything
for instance
chris hadfield's recovery — astronaut spent 146 days in space then months recovering mobility on earth, 2013