[TheForge] on death and dying.OT

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

comments below.

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Bruce Freeman wrote:

bruce> 
bruce> I think it would be damned dangerous, especially for paraplegics with
bruce> little feeling below the waste.  "Where'd that cut-off go?  Hmmm, I
bruce> think I smell meat cooking..."
bruce> 
bruce> What I don't comprehend is why "the handicapped" have to be kept in a
bruce> seated position.  Why not a stand-up ambulatory apparatus?  I'm thinking
bruce> of those little walking toys that lean back and forth while they move
bruce> the legs forward, alternately.  Adapt that to human-size.  "Seat" the
bruce> patient in a breeches-bouy-like contrivance.
bruce> 

perhaps something similar to the hydraulic loader that ripley used in
the movie alien to kill the alien creature. ripley used the hydraulic
loader to dump the alien out the air lock.

bruce> 
bruce> Bruce
bruce> NJ
bruce> 

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terry l. ridder ><>