Today I want to shed a little "lyte" on Murphy's Law. I recently read about a woman in Illinois who died after she caught fire during surgery. Yes, while undergoing surgery, a flash fire broke out and Janice McCall was severely burned. She died six days later.
Apparently, flash fires can happen during surgery. I did not know this. But it makes sense when you realize that doctors are using electrical surgical tools under drapes with oxygen being administered. The phenomena happens about 500-600 times a year and kills 1 to 2 people. Now, if a vitamin or a herb caused this kind of mayhem, you could be sure that the FDA would be quick to ban it. But it happens under a doctor's supervision, so it's okay.
Hospitals are dangerous places. It is bad enough that you can catch MRSA or some other flesh eating, antibiotic defying, disease. Or end up with a nasty infection, or catch a virus from another patient. But now you have to wonder whether you will catch fire while being operated on. Maybe we should bring back leeches? At least they're not flammable.
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