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I always wondered why Bonaparte is shown with one hand inside his jacket.
I get heart palpitations once in a great while. I find that placing my sweaty right hand over my heart makes it go away almost instantly. Salty sweat conducts electricity pretty well. I think it grounds the screwed up electrical
signal that is causing the problem.
A bit of conductive tape or some conductive spray paint could do the same thing. And I wouldn't have to stand around half dressed looking like Napoleon Bonaparte.
Chances are this only works on certain fat old guys, so I have no idea if there is any possibility of a market for such a product.
( Now that I see the picture it looks like the hand is on his stomach. sigh! Still a mystery.)
Napoleon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
picture of same in article. [popbottle, Aug 08 2014]
Baked
http://www.3m.com/p...-Transfer-Tape.html
Conductive tape is WKTE. [MechE, Aug 08 2014]
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I don't think it will do anything for heart palpitations,
but conductive adhesive tape is [Marked-For-
Deletion] WKTE. |
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Also, the hand-in-coat was apparently a common
portraiture pose for a century or so prior to
Napoleon. |
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//placing my sweaty right hand over my heart makes
it go away almost instantly// That is interesting.
What we need is a cardiologist to tell us if it makes
sense. |
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That would be informative, but it would be more fun* to subject [pop]
to an escalating series of painful electric shocks applied to different
areas of the anatomy and see what effect that had on heart rate and
other parameters. |
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* fun for the observers, not for the subject. The reason that many
medical diagnostic procedures appear to be pointlessly cruel, painful
and humiliating is simple; the majority of medical professionals (and
even more so for medical amateurs) are closet** sadists. |
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** so called because when they can't get living victims, they work out
their frustrations on furniture. |
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Well if the conductive tape exists, then the next step is a conductive tape that doesn't take all the body hair with it when pulled off. Maybe a conductive adhesive similar to that on post it notes. |
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( have seen the Doc, don't worry about it.) |
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When I first saw the title, I thought it may have been for adrenaline extreme electricians. |
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//Maybe a conductive adhesive similar to that on
post it notes.// You mean, like the conductive gel
pads that they use for cardiograms and various other
applications and which are well known to exist? |
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Re. Napoleon - few people know that had a wooden
left leg, and a wooden right foot. For functional
reasons, his wooden right foot was made in such a
way that it left him 4" shorter than he would
otherwise have been; his wooden left leg was made
short to match. Before the accidents, he was
actually 5' 11" - quite tall for a man of that era. |
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Also, re palpitations and conductive media - there
is a population in Quebec (near Lake Mistassini)
who share an hereditary heart problem which
causes mild fibrillations and fainting. |
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Interestingly, these people (who all have a
common ancestor) deal with this by placing their
left hands on their left breast if they feel an
attack coming on. If they go ahead and actually
faint, people in their community know to place
their (the victim's) left hand on their left breast,
which allegedly causes them to revive. |
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I once thought about driving through Lake Miss tass inni. Caused a sweat, but no palps. Might be related to the abandoned charcoal burners in the family history. |
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Gee it's fun write if you don't have a clue what your saying. |
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Yes, that's why journalists enjoy their jobs. |
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Open an alternative medicine website, and tell people
who lost their limbs that you can fix it with a little bit
of masking tape and spit. Call it "The Natural Stitch
Theory". You'll be rich in no time, and don't worry,
you'll be making even more money when they sue you. |
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