tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809051363880721689.post5857298286488006881..comments2014-05-08T11:27:49.494-04:00Comments on Wood Charles News Service: I'm sorry ...J. Francis McLuggagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04094626591141439224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809051363880721689.post-47000776283300047342011-09-19T16:43:39.907-04:002011-09-19T16:43:39.907-04:00Right. I meant to say "appear to work"....Right. I meant to say "appear to work". My go-to article on snake bite is still the one that ran in Smithsonian magazine in 1999. They noted two characteristics. One was that 66% of woman and children are bitten on the leg or foot. 66% of men are bitten on the hand or face. Second, rattlesnakes don't always inject a full load of venom when they bite and may even inject none. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266356707388376317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809051363880721689.post-73544660185574150972011-09-15T09:44:37.139-04:002011-09-15T09:44:37.139-04:00Hmmm -- just a semantic quibble. "The reason ...Hmmm -- just a semantic quibble. "The reason that people believe that these crazy methods work ..." is probably what you meant.J. Francis McLuggagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094626591141439224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809051363880721689.post-32639929185673974022011-09-12T10:25:42.519-04:002011-09-12T10:25:42.519-04:00The reason that these crazy methods work is that t...The reason that these crazy methods work is that the body is trying to heal itself while all this BS is going on. The other reason they appear to work has to do with something unsatisfying. Namely, that some percentage of illnesses are psychosomatic and require a ritual to resolve them. Que the shaman.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266356707388376317noreply@blogger.com