OUCH!!

From: Mikal <mikalm_at_ix.netcom.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:16:55 -0800

> Oddly Enough - Reuters
>
> Scientist Burns Penis with Hot Laptop
> Fri Nov 22, 9:53 AM ET
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Laptops have always been a hot item but a
> 50-year-old scientist didn't realize to what extent until he burned his
> penis.
>
> The previously healthy father of two remembered feeling a burning
> sensation after he had been writing a report at home for about an hour
> with the computer on his lap.
>
> He noticed a redness and irritation the following day but it wasn't
> until he was examined by a doctor that he realized how much damage had
> been done.
>
> "The ventral part of his scrotal skin had turned red, and there was a
> blister with a diameter of about two centimeters (0.8 inches),"
> Claes-Gorn Ostenson, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, wrote in a
> letter published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday.
>
> Two days later, the blisters broke and the wounds became infected and
> then crusted but after about a week the unidentified scientist was
> "healing quite rapidly."
>
> Ostenson noted that the computer manual did warn against operating it
> directly on exposed skin but said the patient had lap burns even though
> he had been wearing trousers and underpants.
>
> "This...story should be taken as a serious warning against use of a
> laptop in a literal sense," he added.
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Received on 2002-11-22 11:16:43