Re: [NTLK] Whisky and shaking hands

I can assure you this has been dead for a long time in most places in
the United States. I asked my wife, a surgeon, if she had ever heard
of this and she has never heard of a person doing this before. She
guessed that it probably died somewhere in the sixties. But that's
just a guess. Anyway, I wouldn't be too worried about alcohol
consumption in the operating rooms. I know in her operating room
there's no alcohol involved.
Cheers,

Ryan

On Oct 1, 2006, at 6:11 PM, Frank Gruendel wrote:

>> Funny you should say that, as a shot of whiskey is supposedly a time
>> tested means for stopping your hand from shaking. I have been told
>> by a brain surgeon friend, that this is standard in operating rooms
>> around the globe.
>
> Hmmm. I was aware that alcohol can stop one's hand from shaking,
> but so
> far I thought that this only works for hands of people addicted to
> alcohol.
> Makes me a bit uneasy to think that this is standard in operating
> rooms
> around the globe. I always thought those people's hands do not
> shake in
> the first place...
>
> One of these days, I will perform a detailed and long test series and
> let you know the result ;-)
>
> Frank
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