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Tag: Hand
How Not to Poke a Stick at a Machine Gun Bullet
There are many ways to clean a machine gun. Some of those ways are better than the one described in this study: “Unusual ignition of a bullet causing hand injury: case report,” Abdul Kerim Yapici, Salim Kemal Tuncer, Umit Kaldirim, Ibrahim Arziman, Mehmet Toygar, Injury Extra, epub November 19, 2013. The authors, at Gulhane Military […]
Hand Sanitizers, Breathalyzers, and Indications of Intoxication
Clean hands, skulduggery and/or incompetence can, if combined, lead to a muddle about drunkenness, suggests this study: “Common Hand Sanitizer May Distort Readings of Breathalyzer Tests in the Absence of Acute Intoxication,” Syed S. Ali, Michael P. Wilson, Edward M. Castillo, Peter Witucki, Todd T. Simmons, Gary M. Vilke [pictured here], Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 20, […]
Archiving piano music for left handers
Takeo Tchinai, head of the Archiving Project for Left-Hand Piano Musicoversees a growing corpus* of music for pianist who, for whatever reason, have lost or never had some or all use of their left hand, perhaps because they have lost or never had some or all of their left hand, perhaps because they have dystonia, perhaps […]