Dr. Frankenstein, I presume? Lobotomies, bloodletting, excruciating surgeries and other primitive medical practices
Let's go back to 1811, an era before anesthesia, a time when English author Fanny Burney lies on a mattress awaiting a mastectomy.
October 31, 2006
(Editor’s note: Brian Dunn, formerly of Rushville, is serving with the Peace Corps in Uganda.) “Who can calculate the area of this shape? Giftee?” As Gift goes to the board the teacher uses a piece off a foam mattress to erase another section of the blackboard. “In 1/2 h(a x b), what is h, class?”
Weak US Sales Hurting Tempur-Pedic
Tempur-Pedic International Inc., which makes mattresses and pillows, said Monday that weak sales in the U.S. market will cause first-quarter earnings per share to fall by half compared with a year ago.
A mattress was found burning Sept. 2 in Ramp 4, MSU Police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said. Police classified the incident as arson. It happened between 5:20 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. in the southeast corner of the parking structure near the Kellogg Center.
