> > Straight in to first place for the sickest email of the year so
> > far.....and can you believe it, not a naked body in sight!!
> > T his chap gets an ingrown hair. It gets infected, now he has a
> > boil.Ought to go to the doc and get it lanced, but he doesn't. Weeks
> > pass.The boil grows, eroding downward toward his skull. Ought to go to
> > the
> > hospital in a jiffy, but he doesn't. Weeks pass. The infection
> > reaches
> > his skull. Bone, once infected, presents little barrier to spread of
> > infection to contiguous bone, and so it spreads within his skull.
> > Ought
> > to spend a good long time in the hospital, but he doesn't. The bone
> > dies,
> > and begins to erode. Weeks pass. At some point, the smell attracts
> > flies, which begin to lay eggs in his festering wound, and maggots
> > take
> > hold. Weeks pass. The infection breaches the inner layer of his
> > skull,
> > and reaches the meninges. Weeks pass. Though their tensile strength
> > is
> > impressive, the meninges are quite thin, and the infection breaches
> > them.
> > Now, infection and maggots set to work on his brain. Your brain
> > just
> > isn't supposed to be on your outside, and presents almost no barrier
> > to
> > anything when exposed. Infection and maggots get to work on his
> > brain.
> > This makes him feel a little wobbly on his feet, and so, what do
> > you
> > know, he decides to see the doctor. He walks into the Stanford
> > Emergency
> > Hospital, where these photos were taken, just as you see him here
>
[Edited on 18/4/04 by GasGasGas]
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