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Special Issue: Medical Surprises
Spaghetti Surprise
Medical Nitroglycerine Explosions
How Surgeons Behave Like Monkeys and Apes…
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Contents
Special Section: Medical Surprises
Surprises About Patients*
Surprises About Surgeons*
Surprises for Medical Students*
Surprising Medical Techniques*
The Paper Clip in Medicine*
Medical Nitroglycerine Explosions*
Icky Cutesy: Weighting, Self-Circumcision*
May We Recommend: After the Deluge, Shocked in Bed*
Ig® and Beyond: How Surgeons Behave Like Monkeys and Apes*
Improbable Research Reviews*
Improbable Research: Dead Trout Swimming, Balloon Bursting*
News & Notes
AIRVents (letters from our readers): Touching Seen in Airports
Ig® Nobel Limericks: Grizzly Armor, Country Music*
Editorial Board
Index of Special Issues
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Methods for “Head-Down Self-Treatment of Choking.”; See page 16.
On the Back Cover
A isopropyl alcohol bottle’s label implies the existence of many curious histories: “Do not point at self or others; product will squirt when squeezed.” Photo: A.S. Kaswell.