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2008-05-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

A Chinaman has survived 10 years using a cigarette packet to cover a gaping hole in his chest

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-09 14:39|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Background

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-09 15:08|| 2008-05-09 15:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "after he ran out of cash to complete surgery. "

Uhm ... so in China you literally pay as you go? And if you run out of cash in the middle of an operation they just stop? There is something here that rings "bull" with me.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-05-09 15:26|| 2008-05-09 15:26|| Front Page Top

#3 In other words, they generally don't START the operation unless they know they are going to finish, they certainly don't send someone home with an open chest. The cost of the sutures to sew it up closed is minimal compared to the rest of the operation.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-05-09 15:28|| 2008-05-09 15:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Is there a black market for surgery in China?

Posted by gorb 2008-05-09 17:02|| 2008-05-09 17:02|| Front Page Top

#5 That's so they can get at the rest of the parts in a hurry just in case they get a nice "donation" to the organ donor fund...

Posted by tu3031 2008-05-09 17:03|| 2008-05-09 17:03|| Front Page Top

#6 As is sometimes the case, abdominal wounds sometimes just won't heal. They are still gaping long after the surgery and need a special operation to close.

One of the first big breakthroughs in understanding digestion happened because a man was shot in the stomach, and had a gaping hole entering his stomach that did not heal.

A doctor paid him handsomely to be allowed to tie various foods on a string, that were then pushed through the opening, and after a time, withdrawn to see how much they had digested.

Medical knowledge advance a hundred years because of that guy.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-09 17:57|| 2008-05-09 17:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Twas on REDDIT + TOPIX last week.

D *** NG, forgot the flick's exact title, but methinks it was AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT/REASON??? - the scene which showed an Englishman's heart beating in full cinematic gorish glory??? Rest assured that for all the so-called
"Enlightenment/Reason", HORNY MARRIED BRITISH KINGS STILL HAD SEX WID THEIR CONCUBINES.

The good news is the KING KEPT HIS PANTS ON, THE BABE HER RIGID CORSETTE, WHILE DOING "IT".
it-It-IT-I-T-IIITTT .....D **** YOU.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-09 19:58|| 2008-05-09 19:58|| Front Page Top

#8 D *** NG IT, WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN [Simpsons]!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-09 20:00|| 2008-05-09 20:00|| Front Page Top

#9 crosspatch, you'd be suprised what some Americans are/were walking around with or without.

Ask any Doc you know what strange conditions new patients have presented to them during their careers.

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