"Colin Alcarze" <clocks at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> CITY HOSPITAL-- Brain surgery is always an extremely serious procedure.
> It requires delicate precision, and there is a risk of loss of life.
> Operations can have varying probabilities of success, and that makes
> patients who require brain surgery very nervous.
>> But when patients notice the zombie movie posters around the operating
> rooms at the City Hospital, they're able to relax just a little before
> they go under the knife and have their skulls opened up, exposing their
> brains.
>> "When people are in our operating rooms, they feel vulnerable," said Dr.
> Louise Spencer, chief neurosurgeon. "They're a little distracted with the
> worries of their intracerebral hemorrhages, subdural hematomas, and
> cavernous angiomas. These zombie posters give them a little chuckle
> before we anesthetize them and remove the tops of their craniums. I think
> it puts them at ease."
>> The most popular poster is of Night Of The Living Dead, a movie about
> zombies, and their desire to consume the brains of the living. The
> operating room contains other zombie-related posters, including Day Of
> The Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Return Of The Living Dead, and Return Of The
> Living Dead II.
>> "We thought about putting up a Hannibal poster," said Dr. Fletcher,
> "because people instantly the exposed brain scene. It's brain-related,
> but there are no zombies in the movie...unless you consider Ray Liotta's
> performance."
>> full story: http://www.thetoque.com/020611/brainsurgery.htm
When I go to the dentist, there is a picture of an elephant on the ceiling
and another one of Winnie the Pooh.
How that is supposed to help god only knows.
Michelle
