You may wish you had closed both eyes before you saw mention of this medical report about a patient who closed one eye. The monograph is: “Inadvertent Application of Superglue as Eye Ointment,” A. Mandal, D. Imran, and M.W. Erdmann, Irish Medical Journal, vol. 96, no. 10, 2003, pp. 310–1. [AIR 16:2]
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Cutesy: The Return of the Prodigal Swine
Today’s cutesy research study: “The Return of the Prodigal Swine,” D. Yalden, The Biologist, vol. 48, no. 6, December 2001, pp. 259–62. [AIR 16:2]
Mel at a Convention
Dr. Vreeland Heiss writes: [AIR 16:2] My uncle came into possession, shortly after the world war in the 1940s, of this photo which shows Mel, the little man who always appears in your pages. I have drawn the customary arrow to indicate his location in the image. Perhaps your readers can help me identify the […]
Perception of Electric Toothbrushes
“The Role of Auditory Cues in Modulating the Perception of Electric Toothbrushes,” Massimiliano Zampini, S. Guest, and Charles Spence, Journal of Dental Research, vol. 82, no. 11, 2003, pp. 929–32. Zampini and Spence were awarded the 2002 Ig Nobel Prize in nutrition for electronically modifying the sound of a potato chip to make the person […]