Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 138

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 138 Question 1 Which tyre company invented the surgical glove? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1922005745'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1922005745')) Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1890. With the publication of germ theory, William Halsted was using carbolic acid (introduced by Joseph Lister), to sterilize his hands and his nurse’s hands. She was sensitive to the chemical, and it was damaging the skin on her hands; so he asked the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company if they could make a glove of rubber that could be dipped in carbolic acid. 6 years later everyone at Hopkins were using the gloves. Halsted later married his scrub nurse – who says a pair of rubber gloves would not be romantic!! [Reference] Question 2 What is keraunoparalysis? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet212744841'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink212744841')) Transient weakness in limbs following a lightning strike. Lightning victims frequently present with keraunoparalysis in which the extremities, usually the legs, become transiently cold, cyanotic, pulseless, and mottled. Keraunoparalysis is the result of vascular spasm and autonomic nervous system instability. It usually resolves after a few h...
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