Chubby Checker, the “Chubby Checker”, and the Ig Nobel Prize

The TCPalm web site, in Florida, reports: Chubby Checker’s federal lawsuit has sexual twist, Gary law firm in Stuart says FORT PIERCE — Stuart attorney Willie Gary has filed a federal lawsuit with a “Twist.” Gary and members of his law firm filed a lawsuit late Monday in federal court in Fort Pierce on behalf […]

Stanley Finger’s “Phantom Penis: Historical Dimensions”

Stanley Finger presents: “Phantom Penis: Historical Dimensions,” Nicholas J. Wade and Stanley Finger, Journal of the History of the Neurosciences: Basic and Clinical Perspectives, Volume 19, Issue 4, 2010. The authors, at the University of Dundee, Scotland and Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA explain: “We here present several early reports on phantom penile sensations, […]

In search of Grollman’s remembered vacuum incident

My column this week in The Guardian, looking back at medical reports about the epidemic of penile amputations in Thailand, inspired this letter from a reader, which the newspaper published on November 23: I’m afraid your Improbable research piece (An epidemic of penile amputation, explained, 20 November) brought back to me something I foolishly read […]

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