Jean-Martin Charcot might have said it with a straight face, but the idea still makes me smile. If symptoms are really cries from suffering organs, then your stomach is apparently very dramatic, your head prefers to shout during meetings, and your back waits until bedtime to file its complaint. The body, it turns out, is not subtle at all. It doesn’t send polite memos or gentle reminders. It bangs on the door, raises its voice, and insists on being heard until you finally stop, listen, and maybe give it a glass of water, a stretch, or a decent night’s sleep.