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In some ways the case of Edward H. Winter is a prototypical miracle of modern medicine. … He would probably have died of a heart attack in May 1988, when he was 82, if a nurse at St. Francis-St. George Hospital had not revived him through electric shock. … A few months before his heart attack, he watched the slow, agonizing death of his wife of 55 years, who had suffered brain damage after shock resuscitation from a heart attack of her own, and he resolved that nothing like that would happen to him. … When his time came, he told his children, they should simply let him die. He told his doctor the same thing. … Two days after he was revived, he suffered a debilitating stroke. … He is now partly paralyzed and largely confined to his bed in a nursing home, and although he can still speak, he can utter only a few words before he begins to cry, in despair. … But for the hospital's intervention, he has charged, he could have died, and in dignity. … His medical bills now total about $100,000 and are still rising, and his life savings are just about depleted. … His doctors see scant chance for physical improvement. They say he could live for years. … The hospital argues any damages Winter has suffered resulted from 'an act of God' over which the hospital had no control.

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You don't fool me

Category: Humor
Posted on: April 2, 2006 6:37 PM, by PZ Myers

That's Homestar Runner's head on a silver platter, not Behe's. Although there is a resemblance, Behe looks squirrelier.

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Posted by: BronzeDog | April 2, 2006 6:59 PM

I was just checking my site traffic, and Pharyngula filled up the first page. That's twice I've caught attention from here, though this time I admit I initiated with an email.

Guess I should be expecting another readership spike.

#2

Posted by: Interrobang | April 2, 2006 9:57 PM

I'm a bit offended about Homestar Runner standing in for Michael Behe. Homestar may be dumb as a post, but he's at least good for something, which is to say, making me laugh. *grin*

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Posted by: BronzeDog | April 2, 2006 10:17 PM

It's often hard to tell one fool in a labcoat from another. And don't worry about the death thing. It was Homestar sticking his head out of a hole in the table and platter. Gave him a grumblecake for his trouble.

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