“There are lots of good reasons for making a hole in someone’s head, and in a neurosurgeon’s hands it is not a risky procedure, but for someone doing it themselves the risks are huge.” This advice, from the British Medical Journal (BMJ, 320(7235): 602.), is very probably as sound today as when it was published […]
Tag: Skulls
Trophy heads, and tea bag holder
Serendipity: readers of Science News got to see articles about (1) human heads as trophies and (2) a patent for a new tea bag holder, side by side, on one page on May 22, 1954:
Dental Lobby Identity Query
I have a new dentist who either delights me or disturbs me—I am trying to decide which, and I hope you can help me make that decision. In her waiting room, she has an enormous display, on three walls, with many kinds of toothbrushes. The display also includes a row of some things that I […]