An Ill Wind Blowing
In one documented case, a woman complained of sudden vomiting and constipation. She also described a recent history of appetite and weight loss. Clinical investigations could not provide an immediate explanation, but her deteriorating condition eventually prompted exploratory surgery. Doctors found a 5-inch hairball in her stomach and a slightly smaller "trichobezoar" in her small intestine. Following the surgical removal of the hair, the patient was discharged and referred for psychotherapeutic treatment.
Observation
"If you ever see me on my death bed, please take me off my death bed and move me to my alive bed." -- Grant Tanaka
Medical History
This week in 1880, the first U.S. patent for an electric hearing aid was issued to Francis D. Clarke and M.G. Foster, who called it a "Device for Aiding the Deaf to Hear (No. 226,902). The device employed bone conduction by which sound is passed through vibration of the skull bone. It was not until 1901 that the first commercially available hearing aid was produced: the Acousticon, invented by Miller Reese Hutchinson.
Sum Body
Ten anti-aging cures from the last century.
1. Home-brewed beer infused with dandelion and rhubarb.
2. Swoboda System, a mail-order scam consisting of six pages depicting arm exercises.
3. Snow Cure involved routinely rolling around naked in snow.
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