In many old movies, slapstick comedians would poke other comedians in the eye. A Dutch medical team, writing in a Scottish medical journal, calculated the physical damage this would have done if the eye-poking had been real eye-poking, not just pretend, poking-fun poking: “Eye trauma in Laurel and Hardy movies – another nice mess,” Lara D.A. […]
Tag: injury
Dogs with a wider angle of wag are at risk
This study focuses public attention on the (hitherto largely ignored) concept of wider angle of wag: “Risk factors for tail injuries in dogs in Great Britain,” G. Diesel, D. Pfeiffer, S. Crispin and D. Brodbelt, Veterinary Record, vol. 166, no. 26, June 26, 2010, pp. 812-7. The authors report: “Data were obtained from a stratified random […]
Whether to go naked if you’re going to be shot: It depends
The question of whether one is better off being naked or clothed when being shot is not so simple as it may appear. A 2013 study suggests that if one is going to be shot with a bullet, one might be better off naked. Another study, however, suggests that if one is going to be shot […]
If you’re going to be shot, it’s safer to be naked, in a way
Yes, if you’re going to be shot, it’s safer to be naked, in a way, says this study: “Clothing increases the risk of indirect ballistic fractures,” David C. Kieser, Debra J. Carr, Sandra CJ Leclair, Ian Horsfall [pictured here], Jean-Claude Theis, Michael V. Swain, and Jules A. Kieser, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, vol. […]