Morphy Institute of Reason Thought & Humor

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The Ignoble Prizes were given out last week. The prize for medicine was for a very interesting cure for hiccups that was written up in a medical journal: Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage I think I'll stick to breathing into a paper bag.

It doesn't say whose digit does the rectal massaging - or whose rectum gets the massage. Not that it matters much, they probably both work. And hey, if you're gay then you don't have to worry about getting hiccups (unless you want to).

By Murphy "Mac" Morphy, at Wed Oct 11, 11:56:00 AM CDT
I'm curious about the line of reasoning that leads the idea that stickign your finger up your ass stops hiccups. "Well, Jim we've tried everything but sticking a finger up your ass. Wait just one minute - that's so crazy it just might work!"

By Thurston J Morphy III, at Wed Oct 11, 02:13:00 PM CDT
Yes, this does make you question medical 'science'. On the other hand, you might have to wonder how someone else didn't stumble across this one at some point ("Hey! My hiccups are gone!"). Maybe they just didn't publish it.

By Dr. Steven Morphy-Godchaux III, at Wed Oct 11, 05:10:00 PM CDT