tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65131311958732775032023-07-18T00:53:14.385-04:00Don't be DaftSharing random things found along the research way.Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-5479785261402765012010-07-21T13:31:00.000-04:002010-07-21T13:31:37.422-04:00New Spice<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Lyn shared this one (thanks, Lyn!). Pretty good impression, and pretty cute video. It's a good day for library links.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Retweeting @mental_floss: Here's one for the library science majors: 'Librarians Doing the “Thriller” Dance' -- <a href="http://bit.ly/9riTqj"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">http://bit.ly/9riTqj</span></a></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-56166987281707653092010-01-19T16:05:00.002-05:002010-07-21T11:44:46.577-04:00I'm sorry we lost your book; it was swallowed by the sea.<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As I mention in the "What's the Point" section over to the right...Renee and I are not librarians. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We work in interlibrary loan - which (though we do more than just ILL) is exactly what it sounds like...loaning items between libraries. In regard to lost books, Interlibrary Law (which reminds me "spirit law" in the <em>Bring It On</em> movies) states that once the lending library has placed an item in the mail to the borrowing library, they (the lending library) are no longer responsible for the item. Once it's been mailed - the borrowing library is responsible for it until it ultimately returns to it's home. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This has been a subject of debate b/c when/if a book is lost in the mail - someone has to be responsible for recovery cost, etc... According to the rule, the borrowing library will be responsible...period. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our supervisor forwarded a message today from one of the listservs she follows; the message is in response to this debate. I'm not mocking, mind you, but I did find it to be...humorous. Okay, maybe I'm mocking a little. The following is from a gentleman who works at a medical library in Miami, FL. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><em>"This has been discussed MANY times on this list, and your interpretation is more than an interpretation, it's the way it is. This sacred rule of ILL dates back to when King Khufu's ship was losing papyrus scrolls over the side in its journeys along the Nile. It was actually drafted and set in force by the head librarian, Marion the Sumerian, at the Royal Library of Alexandria, if memory serves. Ptolomeic code 11427, para. 3, sp. 36. Loosely translated from what remains of the original hieroglyph: ""If the library of the 1st part requests an item from the library of the 2nd part, then the library of the 1st part shall be ultimately responsible for the item's safe passage to and from the library of the 2nd part, even in the event that the contracted courier comes under attack by pirates and/or crocodiles. Even if Osiris shall cause the sea to boil and swallow the ship up. So shall it be written, so shall it be done."" Seriously. I'm not kidding!"</em></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-88076825992247766722009-12-30T15:21:00.002-05:002010-07-21T11:44:21.474-04:00A Long December...<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are more pictures of Renée's finger. Lots more. It became infected and...just...gross. Then it healed. There are few people who have it within them to turn slice like that into a month (or close) long healing process. Two of those few people - are me & Renée. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She celebrated 5 years of employment here since we (I) last posted. Her gift from our department was her very own miniature skeleton. I believe the box actually said..."My First Skeleton". ( ...Only at a medical school gift shop. We didn't have anything like this at the supe store at Alabama.) There is a story behind it (the skeleton); I trust you'll trust me when I say...trust me, it was an appropriate gift. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'll leave it to her to post pictures [of the skeleton]...maybe THAT will get her started in participating in this blog. That, and she's come across some lovely article titles lately. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The impetus for this particular post is William and the signing of my birthday card for the year. I've mentioned his talent <a href="http://reneeamanda.blogspot.com/2008/12/stirred-not-shaken.html"><span style="color: #38761d;">before</span></a>...thought to share it again now. </span><br />
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</div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-20472926690147771992009-07-22T10:19:00.005-04:002009-07-22T10:37:10.325-04:00Hallmark Calling<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000066;">As mentioned in a</span> <a href="http://reneeamanda.blogspot.com/2008/12/stirred-not-shaken.html"><span style="color:#009900;">previous post</span></a><span style="color:#000066;">...we look most forward to whatever it is William (a volunteer who works with us when available) signs in cards (birthday, get well, going away, etc.). </span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Truth be told, if William hasn't been around and hasn't signed whatever card has been routed...I'm disappointed. If William-less, unless the card is for me, I almost don't care to read it. Though, if it's not for me, I'm not really meant to [read it]. We all pass it around just the same... Note: If it you want to write a more personal sentiment...buy a separate card. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">We recently had a low-key <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">going-away</span> for our member of our department. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Most people wrote... Good luck! Best wishes! Have fun and RELAX!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">William, gotta love him, wrote...</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000099;"></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361292594436574418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SmcjNZRTDNI/AAAAAAAAdt8/DyF9vcKX0bQ/s400/IMG_1497.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-8276128066919832162009-04-30T12:19:00.006-04:002009-04-30T12:27:59.318-04:00Lesson learned<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000066;">My very dear & sweet friend, Katrina (who happens to be a librarian), sent this to me... </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000066;">As library humor goes, Renee & I think it's pretty cute. </span><br /><center><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SB4HvVEMFig&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SB4HvVEMFig&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-33255335242370535122009-04-24T12:49:00.009-04:002009-04-30T12:27:27.174-04:00Actual requests (no dedications...)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">So, not to mock legitimate medical experimentation and research, and I'm sure someone somewhere is being helped...if not medically, then only by completing his/her thesis. That being said, we've collected a few more <strong>amusing</strong> titles we've been asked to provide. And so we're sharing. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000066;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The <strong>ethnobiology of the Haitian zombi</strong>. [Journal of Ethnopharmacology]</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>Defensive behavior of eastern chipmunks</strong> against Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae). [Journal of Medical Entomology]</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Recombineering-based procedure for creating Cre/loxP <strong>conditional knockouts in the mouse</strong>. [Current Protocols in Molecular Biology]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>Doctor of love : James Graham and his celestial bed</strong>. [Book by Lydia Syson]</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage</strong>. [Journal of Internal Medicine]</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>A condom skill scale: assessing condom skills among female drug users</strong>. [Journal of Drug Education]</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"><em>We wondered if they lined the women up, game them each a banana...with someone keeping time...and said GO! Renee read pieces of this article, and learned they used penis models - not bananas. The chart which displayed the results of the various skills that were measured was especially entertaining... I would gladly post if it didn't infringe on copyright restrictions.</em></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">We also thought the <strong>Journal of <em>Practical</em> Hygiene</strong> was an interesting title... As opposed to what? Impractical hygiene? Frivolous hygiene? Renee prefers the latter and wants to publish a journal with that name. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#000066;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color:#000066;">Lastly, for this post anyway, there is a journal entitled <strong><em>Mental </em>Hygiene</strong>. Perhaps they partner with </span><a href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/"><span style="color:#006600;">Mental Floss</span></a><span style="color:#000066;">? Regardless, read up to keep your cerebellum squeaky clean. Kidding. I have no idea what they write about. </span></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-25220139045911638192009-03-02T22:15:00.003-05:002009-04-29T00:25:15.605-04:00The funny bone's connected to the...thigh bone.<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;"><em>Here are some quotes taken from actual medical records dictated by physicians. They appeared in a column written by Richard Lederer, Ph.D., for the Journal of Court Reporting.</em> </span></span></p><ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient states there is a burning pain in his penis which goes to his feet.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983. </span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">I will be happy to go into her GI system; she seems ready and anxious.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing. </span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing, and then, when he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.</span></div></li><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Discharge status: Alive but without permission. </span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient refused an autopsy.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient has no past history of suicides.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient experienced sudden onset of severe shortness of breath with a picture of acute pulmonary edema at home while having sex which gradually deteriorated in the emergency room.</span></div></li></ul><ul><li><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her original complaints.</span></div></li></ul>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-81333700337433449682008-12-11T15:05:00.004-05:002009-04-24T14:42:56.845-04:00Stirred, not shaken.<span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There is a gentleman who volunteers with us here @ work - who we are completely convinced should lend (no library pun intended) his wit/thoughts to the greeting card industry. He is a very private person and a man of very few words; in fact, I've never known anyone of as few words.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A couple of birthdays ago, I was utterly surprised by his signature on my birthday card. He says <em>so little;</em> in fact, his greeting is usually a respectful nod of the head. ...But he can deliver a fantastic one-liner. Perfectly dry (with two olives) and such a fun contrast against the typical [perfectly well intentioned] "happy birthday"s. Not that I don't appreciate any and every well-wish from my coworkers - because I do! His signature has simply become the highlight of each office birthday.<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>In 2006, he signed...<br /></strong></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"With deepest sympathy on this mournful occasion."<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>2007...</strong><br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"What happens on your birthday, stays on your birthday."<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>2008...(which I received today)<br /></strong></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">May the birthday beagle not leave presents on the carpet of your life.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanks, William, you're a gem!</span></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-83032229721468387672008-11-24T21:29:00.007-05:002009-04-24T14:42:34.228-04:00Lego my.......<span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's not the title of this one...it's the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">legos</span>. The article is about the evolution of the tradition in male circumcision; it considers art, legal sources, and literature. One of it's references, or subjects of reference, is what caught our eye... Typically a formal request for permissions to use a figure/image must be submitted, but as this is not a thesis or other academic paper (but a blog)...I'm hoping informal citation will suffice and the authors will be flattered. These are among the best figures/photos we have EVER seen in an article/essay; they may be the best in fact. We'll have to see @ the awards ceremony, won't we?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The images below are published within an medical essay written by Nicola <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Zampieri</span> (Department of Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Surgical Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Emanuela</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Pianezzola</span> (University of Verona, Verona, Italy), Cecilia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Zampieri</span> (Department of Geography, University of Verona, Verona, Italy).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Essay title:</strong> Male circumcision through the ages: the role of tradition.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="color:#000066;">(Published in Acta Paediatrica 2008 Sep;97(9):1305-7) </span><br /></span></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SStjKRUmY-I/AAAAAAAAQlw/x7_w59HkIQQ/s1600-h/Lego+I.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272416816866943970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SStjKRUmY-I/AAAAAAAAQlw/x7_w59HkIQQ/s400/Lego+I.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272416907630728274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SStjPjcX1FI/AAAAAAAAQl4/ykaWxgPK4e8/s400/Lego+II.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">P.S. Upon further research (I read more of the article), I learned the images originated @ the </span></span><a href="http://www.thebricktestament.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#006600;">Brick Testament</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;">. Apparently Brendan Powell Smith has been bricking up bible for quite some time. Not your typical bible lesson, nor is it meant to be.</span><span style="color:#ffff99;"><br /></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-79723648823742953832008-11-24T17:04:00.007-05:002009-04-24T16:48:55.337-04:00These 3 things...<span style="color:#ffffcc;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#000066;">(1</span><span style="color:#000066;">) Alas! Mystery solved!<em> </em><br /></span></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Props to authors Cindy Meston and David Buss for the ultimate unraveling.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Article title: </span></span><span style="color:#000066;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Why Humans Have Sex.<br /></span></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Published in: Archives of Sexual Behavior 2007 Aug;36(4):477-507)<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(2) <em>Let's not be too specific. Just read it <strong>out loud</strong>.</em><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Article title: </span></span><span style="color:#000066;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Generalization of improved general approximation tests to split-plot designs with multiple between-subjects factors and/or multiple within-subjects factors.<br /></span></strong><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Published in the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 1997)<br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(3) <em>Wide open.</em><br /></span><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Article title: <strong>Eye injuries after nonocular surgery.</strong> (Published in Anesthesiology. 1996 Nov;85(5):1020-7)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The more I work I did for this patron, I realized the article was/is to do with injury to the optic nerve following anesthesia. Still, the article title doesn't include that...or even allude to it. It presents as random as ankle injuries following hysterectomies.</span></span>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513131195873277503.post-58301775725672549232008-11-19T16:19:00.008-05:002009-04-24T14:41:07.693-04:00Lend me your tongue...<p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000066;"><strong>Renee came across this one a couple of years ago; I have a small version on the corkboard in my office :). If you don't have it in you to read it all, skip to the last few sentences...the last in particular, and know that it's an article directing how to remove a foreign object from the eye...in 1859. </strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#000066;"></span></strong></span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Click image for to enlarge.)</span><br /></span></strong></p><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SSSDCTi5_gI/AAAAAAAAQiM/UGwL9KyGgLk/s1600-h/Foreign+Body.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270481539559980546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sq1vJx6hoqg/SSSDCTi5_gI/AAAAAAAAQiM/UGwL9KyGgLk/s400/Foreign+Body.jpg" border="0" /></a>Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08844030295079945911noreply@blogger.com0