For details of this study (“Cases of Strangulated Hernia, Treated by Inflation of the Bowels, and by Shaking the Patient Whilst in an Inverted Position,” R Griffin, British Medical Journal, 1864), see Alice Dreger’s blog.
Tag: inflation
“Why are British women’s breasts getting bigger?”
This week’s Headline of a Past Week honor goes to a May 16, 2010 headline in The Observer (Thanks to investigator Scott Langill for bringing this to our attention.): Why are British women’s breasts getting bigger? Alice Fisher wrote the article, waxing most analytical in this passage: Do you know how to work out a […]
Duck Big Bang Inflation Force Measurement Project
This biology project, called “Force of Duck: Measuring explosive erection“, has a fun fundraising video, and (see the text below the video) speaks for itself, eloquently: A duck pond in the breeding season is like a singles bar on steroids — rife with sexual conflict. Males and females pair off, but male ducks also force sex […]