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2nd Mar 2007

Edited by Dr Justin Coleman all articles by this author

Brainwave: the packaging from medical needles
can be used for neurological examinations.

IN the good old days, we used a hat pin with a red tip for neurological examinations – the red end for visual fields, the sharp end for pinprick sensation, and the whole thing in case your hat ribbon fell off on race day.

Since the invention of hep B, C and the other sequential letters, one must think laterally when it comes to pinpricks.

If you haven’t yet bought a pack of wooden toothpicks, Dr Andrew Montanari of Tamworth, NSW, finds that medical needles are too sharp, so he uses the edge of the needle packaging instead.

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