And we complain about razor burn...5 men who died from shaving

[jansob]

Just saw this:
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/12/09/a-deadly-ritual-5-men-who-died-from-shaving/?utm_source=Daily+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c3c40a8cba-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

Ah, what a difference modern medicine makes.

 

[CptBlueBear]

Just saw this:
http://artofmanliness.com/2010/12/09/a-deadly-ritual-5-men-who-died-from-shaving/?utm_source=Daily+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c3c40a8cba-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

Ah, what a difference modern medicine makes.

Not modern medicine, 1930s medicine: penicillin. Probably saved more lives than any other. Except maybe DDT.

Septicemia was a serious killer until Howard Florey and Co. figured out how to mass produce penicillin. Bad teeth was the most common cause, but any open wound could be fatal.

 

[jansob]

Not modern medicine, 1930s medicine: penicillin. Probably saved more lives than any other. Except maybe DDT.

Septicemia was a serious killer until Howard Florey and Co. figured out how to mass produce penicillin. Bad teeth was the most common cause, but any open wound could be fatal.

I consider the 1930's to be the start of modern medicine...and really any time past when the germ theory began to be applied.

 

[Sharp Blade]

WOW!! That will give you something to really think about the next time you shave. Modern medicine or not !!

 

[icedoverfire]

WOW!! That will give you something to really think about the next time you shave. Modern medicine or not !!

Indeed.

*puts on science geek hat*

This calls to mind a modern story I read about a woman who, after dancing barefoot outdoors during a party (completely reasonable) contracted, of all things... necrotizing fasciitis (completely WHAT THE HECK?).

Necrotizing fasciitis, or NF, also goes by the lovely moniker "flesh-eating bacteria". The only treatments available for NF? Antibiotics + surgical debridement AKA removal of dead tissue and/or amputation of limbs to prevent the infection from spreading.

*takes off science geek hat*

Scary stuff...

- ice

 

[Haiku]

I saw that article and I read it as having less to do with shaving than it has to do with the state of medicine at the time. Yes certainly, straight razors are more dangerous than safety razors, but it seems to me that these very sad deaths could also have been caused by safety razors. Am I wrong, but isnt' it the case that no one listed died of wounds inflicted by the razor, but rather they died of infections. Yes, straight razors were involved but I would think that the cuts could as easily have been inflicted by a safety razor.

 

[Haiku]

Indeed.

*puts on science geek hat*

This calls to mind a modern story I read about a woman who, after dancing barefoot outdoors during a party (completely reasonable) contracted, of all things... necrotizing fasciitis (completely WHAT THE HECK?).

Necrotizing fasciitis, or NF, also goes by the lovely moniker "flesh-eating bacteria". The only treatments available for NF? Antibiotics + surgical debridement AKA removal of dead tissue and/or amputation of limbs to prevent the infection from spreading.

*takes off science geek hat*

Scary stuff...

- ice

If you really want to be scared, you can get brain parasites from being exposed to raccoon roundworm found in raccoon poop. The parasites can invade your central nervous system.

If there's any on your lawn, in an eavestrough or an attic, beware.

I'm not kidding. See here:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Infecti...tm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_content=Group1

http://www.raccoonatticguide.com/restoration.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris

 

[roboboticus]

Makes me want to start shaving with a straight so I can get my money's worth from that Tetanus booster I just got. Actually, I want to pick up a straight anyway.

Thanks for sharing the article. Interesting stuff.