Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 21:12:34 -0600 At 09:46 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: Ronn Blankenship wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life. :-) Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Way to suck the humor out of this, Ronn. No pun intended. :) But seriously, it's really not any worse than those things, but it's certainly not appealing. Sorry to suck the humor dry (milking it for all it's worth), but my serious point was that those disgusting things have become accepted medical treatment, and are sometimes the only way available to doctors to save a limb or a life, so I don't see where an injection of bat saliva is really any different . . . (Not to mention that a lot of medical procedures which don't involve in any way application of living creatures or their body fluids are still pretty gross to contemplate . . . ) You're Going To Stick WHAT In WHERE?!! Maru Oh please, not the Satanfish thread again. Anything but that. I'm beggin' ya. :) Jon GSV Or Worse... VFP Last night's ER: 'Electroejaculation' therapy ROU *twitch* _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
[Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
Of sorts, that is. http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pridt=030109cat=frontpagest=frontpagestroke_bat030109src=abc An excerpt: Research in this week's issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association says a rare protein in the saliva of vampire bats appears promising in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke the kind of stroke caused by a blood clot that blocks blood supply to the brain. So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life. :-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:46:20PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Personally, I find being ingested quite scarier than those prospects, whatever my parts are mixed with during the ingestion. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
Ronn Blankenship wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life. :-) Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Way to suck the humor out of this, Ronn. No pun intended. :) But seriously, it's really not any worse than those things, but it's certainly not appealing. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
At 09:20 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:46:20PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Personally, I find being ingested quite scarier than those prospects, whatever my parts are mixed with during the ingestion. ??? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
At 09:46 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: Ronn Blankenship wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life. :-) Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Way to suck the humor out of this, Ronn. No pun intended. :) But seriously, it's really not any worse than those things, but it's certainly not appealing. Sorry to suck the humor dry (milking it for all it's worth), but my serious point was that those disgusting things have become accepted medical treatment, and are sometimes the only way available to doctors to save a limb or a life, so I don't see where an injection of bat saliva is really any different . . . (Not to mention that a lot of medical procedures which don't involve in any way application of living creatures or their body fluids are still pretty gross to contemplate . . . ) You're Going To Stick WHAT In WHERE?!! Maru --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug
At 09:00 PM 1/9/03 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:20 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:46:20PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue? Personally, I find being ingested quite scarier than those prospects, whatever my parts are mixed with during the ingestion. ??? Never mind. I just noticed the typo in the part of Jim's post you snipped . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
