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2006-12-14 Science & Technology

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-14 09:50|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder how he's managed to survive into his teens?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-14 11:56|| 2006-12-14 11:56|| Front Page Top

#2 If they found a chemical that could rapidly and safely do this, it would be a godsend to trauma care. This is because acute and intense pain can easily cause much additional damage, in all sorts of ways, and shock.

Ideally, they would want something that wears off after 15 minutes, and another that lasts for hours. The first would be because pain, or the lack of pain, is essential to many diagnoses. The latter would be very useful for extended surgery, where it is highly undesirable to use general anesthesia.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-14 14:00|| 2006-12-14 14:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Why didn't they just ask me?

Posted by Chuck Norris 2006-12-14 14:03|| 2006-12-14 14:03|| Front Page Top

#4 You caught my nose,
In your left castenet, love.—Tom Lehrer, The Masochism Tango.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-14 16:42|| 2006-12-14 16:42|| Front Page Top

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