Delving further into the question of whether drummers are likely to contract anthrax — consider the curious case of: “Investigations and control measures following a case of inhalation anthrax in East London in a drum maker and drummer, October 2008,” Anaraki S, Addiman S, Nixon G, Krahé D, Ghosh R, Brooks T, Lloyd G, Spencer […]
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Anthrax for drummers?
Infectious diseases pose many mysteries, including at least one for drummers (as explained by the WorldWideDrums web site): Can I get Anthrax from playing African or Djembe Drums? The risk of acquiring anthrax from an animal hide drum is very low. Of 236 cases of anthrax reported to CDC from 1955 through 1999, only one […]
Desi Cock After Cow Urine Distillate
Singh, Sinha, Singh and Sinha wrote the definitive monograph about applying cow urine distillate on desi cock: “Seminal Attributes of Desi Cock After Administration of Cow Urine Distillate (CUD),” Chandra Shekhar Singh , A.K. Sinha, Balraj Singh and M.P. Sinha , The Indian Cow: The Scientific and Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 4, no. 13, 2007. The authors, at Birsa […]
Sheet-wrinkle Ig winner profiled
Ig Nobel Prize-winner L. Mahadevan (who studied how sheets become wrinkled) is profiled in the Times of India: …just another feather in Mahadevan’s cap. He has received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2009 and in 2007, he won the Ig-Nobel prize which is awarded for fun, outrageous or amusing innovations. “It’s nothing to be proud […]