The Medical Research Review column from the Nov/Dec 2011 issue (vol. 17, no. 6) of the Annals of Improbable Research is online. It gives details of two compelling medical studies, which are pithily expressed in the headlines “How the Tooth Got in the Foot” and “Relative Finger Lengths in Superior Surfer Dudes”. Download a high-res […]
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A man who pricked his finger & smelled putrid
Four doctors in Wales [at the hospital pictured below] rose to fame because of a man who pricked his finger and smelled putrid for five years. The doctors were hit nose-on with one of the most baffling medical mysteries on record. It all started with a chicken. The case ended happily – yet mysteriously – […]
Finger-Length news: Menarche and Booze
Two new studies add to this, the golden age of studies about the significance of the relative lengths of your fingers. The studies (one by John Manning, the father of finger-length studies) are : “Is low digit ratio linked with late menarche? Evidence from the BBC internet study,” Manning JT, Fink B, Am J Hum […]
Handy tips for identifying future doctors
A new Italian study points towards a handy way to identify who might become a top doctor. The method: Compare the lengths of a person’s second finger and fourth finger. It’s that simple. The monograph is called The Second-To-Fourth Digit Ratio Correlates with the Rate of Academic Performance in Medical School Students and appears in […]