Random Fact #45

It is much nicer to open up the stomach and small intestine when there is no food in it.  Thanks Helen for not eating for 12 hours before you died.

Random Fact #44

In the United States, the cost of a quadruple bypass surgery costs approx $100,000.

Random Fact #43

A mothers and babies blood never mix during pregnancy.  At the placenta, the nutrients diffuse out of moms blood vessels and into the babies.  It works similarly to a heat exchanger.

Random Fact #42

Alfred Nobel spent a great majority of his life trying to turn the very volatile substance nitrogylceride into a stable form.  He finally created dynamite and earned a fortune from it (from which he started the Nobel prizes).  The irony is that he developed a heart disease and the doctor prescribed him nitrogylcerine (when used in small doses it acts as a vasodilator) the very substance he tried for years to convert to a stable form.

Random Fact #41

10% of sperm are deformed.  The most common deformities are two heads or two tails.

Random Fact #40

Helen was a good candidate for this mid saggital head hemidisection because she didn't have teeth.  Using a hacksaw (the fine tooth blade doesn't chew up the soft tissue ie tongue) we were able to cut easily through the bones of the skull and vertabrae.  Apparently the teeth are very hard and difficult to saw through.  

Random Fact #39

Vitamin K is naturally synthesized in the gut.  However right after birth the child's body can not produce enough vitamin K as is needed.  That is why it is law in every State/ Province for the child to receive a vit K shot after birth.