Famous Monks with Bad Breath, Porn Research, Icky Cutesy Research Review, Missing Pieces Research Review, Amorous Ostriches and Exposure at Sea, and The Plastic Pink Flamingo. In episode #210, Marc Abrahams shows some unfamiliar research studies to Jean Berko Gleason, Melissa Franklin, and Richard Baguley. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue. This episode was also aided and perhaps abetted by […]
Tag: Icky Cutesy Research Review
Cutesy: Post-Nasal Drip
A study for nasal aficionados: “Post-Nasal Drip Syndrome: A Symptom to be Sniffed At?” Alyn H. Morice [pictured here], Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 343–5. The author, at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, UK, sniffs: “Post-nasal drip syndrome is a symptom masquerading as a syndrome. It varies widely across different societies and there […]
Icky: Tractor
A study for tractor fans of a certain inclination, but not for everyone: “Suicidal Decapitation Using a Tractor Loader: A Case Report and Review of the Literature,” Stéphanie Racette, Truong Tho Vo, and Anny Sauvageau, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 52, no. 1, 2007, pp. 192–4. [AIR 16:2] The authors explain: The head was recovered […]
Icky: Superglue + eye
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]