MAY WE RECOMMEND--
A Collection of Christmas Science (Part 2 of 2)
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Here is a part 2 of a two-part collection of Christmas research citations compiled by investigator Simon Richardson.
The Citations
"Unilateral phrenic nerve paralysis from cutting down a Christmas
tree," R.H. Tiede, J.R. Hover, S.F. Davies, Southern
Medical Journal, vol. 87, no. 11, November 1994, pp. 1161-3.
"Christmas or harvester's eye," G. Howsam, Australian
and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 22, no. 2, May 1994,
pp. 147.
"Convulsions at Christmas," S. Kirker, British
Medical Journal, vol. 305, no. 6868, 19-26 December 1992, pp. 1580.
"Christmas candy maker's asthma. IgG4-mediated pectin allergy,"
A. Kraut, Z. Peng, A.B. Becker and C.P. Warren, Chest,
vol. 102, no. 5, November 1992, pp. 1605-7.
"Abscess on the neck after a Christmas meal" [article
in Danish], C. Buchwald, Ugeskrift
For Laeger, vol. 154, no. 16, 13 April 1992, pp. 1112-3.
"Christmas in the Cotswolds: a personal view of red snapper poisoning,"
Adverse Drug Reactions and Toxicology Reviews, vol. 10, no. 4, Winter 1991,
pp. J.H. Shelley, 0231-4.
"Cross reaction to a Christmas tree," A.W. MacFarlane,"
British Medical Journal, vol. 295,
no. 6613, 19-26 December 1987, pp. 1660-1.
"A non-invasive method for measuring cardiac output: the effect
of Christmas lunch," A.J. Cowley, K. Stainer, D.T. Murphy, J. Murphy,
and J.R. Hampton, Lancet,
1986 vol. 2, no. 8521, December 1986, pp1422-4.
"Christmas bow pins: a potential inhaled foreign body made safer
by industrial modifications," L.G. Siegel, H.V. Mendenhall, and
S.L. Liston, Southern Medical Journal,
vol. 74, no. 1, January 1981, pp.17-20.
"Christmas bow tragedies," W.L. Buntain, J.W. Benton,
J.F. Gutierrez, Southern Medical Journal,
vol. 72, no. 11, November 1979, pp. 1471-2.
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