Thakur D, Pocha M. Pneumothorax after a roller coaster ride. Arch Dis Child. 2006 May;91(5):421. No abstract available. So riding a roller coaster can potentially cause your lung to deflate like a balloon. Now that's a ride! --- Roldan-Valadez E,...
Posted on May 12, 2008 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kunz J, Gross A. Victim's scalp on the killer's head. An unusual case of criminal postmortem mutilation. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2001 Sep;22(3):327-31. Dude must have watched him some Con Air. Sweet movie, BTW. John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi...
Posted on April 9, 2008 1:11 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So the word is on the street that if you fire a bunch of bullets up in the air, they eventually end up falling back to earth at speeds capable of killing people. Great way to celebrate, eh? Celebratory gunfire...
Posted on March 16, 2008 10:00 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Chodorowski Z, Sein Anand J. [Internet as a means of persuading a patient to commit a suicide] Przegl Lek. 2002;59(4-5):375-6. Polish. So apparently this lady in Poland trolled the internet for a depressed student, found one, and then proceeded to...
Posted on March 11, 2008 7:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Frey FJ. [Microwave-induced heating injury] Ther Umsch. 2004 Dec;61(12):703-6. German. This one's in German. Though I no spreken ze deutch, the translated abstract tells the sad medical tale of a diabetic who was burnt by a warm-up pillow that was...
Posted on February 25, 2008 12:21 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
