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Date Posted: 22:11:15 08/10/07 Fri
Author: Toy tiger
Subject: Re: Lucky accident
In reply to: Michael 's message, "Lucky accident" on 18:17:48 08/10/07 Fri

>I took my mother to the hospital to get her neck
>X-Rayed. We were seen within minutes and walking back
>to the car, with me thinking, wow, thats really quick,
>no queues or waiting, when we almost reach the car and
>she tripped on a step. She cut and grazed herself in
>several places, most especially on her head. Luckily
>the blood flowed down the back of her head so she
>didnt see it and I got a hankie on it quick.
>
>Lucky? Well the steps were just outside the Accident &
>Emergency department. There was a doctor there within
>about 2 minutes!
>
>The suprising thing was how the treated the cut on her
>head. They superglued it! i thought the nurse was
>joking when he said it, but no! He actually used a
>tube of superglue and glued her head!


I've heard of that. It's supposed to work very well. I wonder if it's the same stuff they use in the spray-on bandages you can buy now.

My Dad told me about a product called Nu Skin that was a liquid that was applied to boxers' eye cuts when he was boxing in the 30s, to seal the cuts. I sometimes think a lot of 'new' stuff is just repackaging.

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