Refers to the common occurrence of a patient’s asking the doctor to show him the “nasty” (i.e., a lodged foreign object, gall/kidney stone, tumor, infection-colony x-ray, etc.) that was removed, and thus his intense suffering in finally alleviated. Deep-framing said undesirable for display on the person’s wall is optional.
Children are most often the patients exhibiting post-surgery curiosity, such as wanting to see a thorn/splinter (“No WONDER this was paining you so much --- just look how big and ugly it is!”) after it’s been extracted from their hurting appendage.
by QuacksO September 7, 2018

by Cute quoll July 25, 2021

Yeah i knew someone named icey he was real curious till he found out why Curiosity killed the Lil John John
by Just facts for the mind December 8, 2023

by KillahQueen May 25, 2021
