"DAVID WILLIAMS" bravely wrote to "JAMES BRADLEY" (01
Jul 05  10:26:36)
 --- on the heady topic of "Re: Levitation... and GO"

 DW> When I was a kid, I accidentally stepped on a piece of wood that had a
 DW> rusty nail sticking up out of it. It *nearly* went right through my
 DW> foot - I could see the point of it pushing upward on the skin on the
 DW> top  of my foot. But it didn't hurt terribly. It did bleed a lot, when
 DW> I  pulled it out, though.
 DW>
 DW> Someone put some disinfectant and a band-aid on it, and it soon healed
 DW> up. I forgot about it until quite recently, when I injured the same
 DW> foot and it became swollen. Then, on the top, a deep dimple appeared
 DW> where the nail had nearly come through. There must still be some scar
 DW> tissue which didn't swell like the normal adjacent tissue.


We should never simply extract an object which has impaled a member.
As long as the object is left in place it will keep the blood vessels
sealed preventing internal haemorrhaging at worst. It's okay to go to
the emergency room with a nail stapled into the cranium! ;-)

 M*i*k*e

... It's always darkest the moment before you step on the cat.
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