Abril 15, 2009

"'Fir tree' removed from man's lung."

Video.

17 komento:

Meade ayon kay ...

I once planted lungwort under a Hemlock tree.

Don't know why BBC didn't find that newsworthy.

I did.

Peter V. Bella ayon kay ...

"Surgeon Vladimir Kamashev said he was astonished, but botanist Olga Baranova was sceptical."

Man there are skeptics everywhere. I thought they were banned in Russia. Or is it here? I am not sure anymore.

Curtiss ayon kay ...

He was sportin' wood.

Peter Hoh ayon kay ...

Color me skeptical, too. I don't know how the needles would turn green in the absence of sunlight.

Meade, you'll be happy to know that pulmonaria is hardy up here.

Meade ayon kay ...

Thanks, peter. And thanks for those websites you linked to, and for all your northern hospitality.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Klemm's Songsparrow farm has a nice raspberry-colored pulmonaria. (I really like their catalog!) We have too much sun for it in my yard, though.

Peter V. Bella ayon kay ...

"...northern hospitality."

Did Ohio join the South recently? You a reb now Meade? Who'd a thunk. :)

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Had that tree been cut in NY and not replaced they would be in violation of the New York State Environmental Protection laws.

I'm sure a judge could have been persuaded that the tree was a danger to the human... but those things take time sometimes ;)

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

To cut a tree in NY you have to have permits, to get permits you need a hearing.. to get a hearing you have to submitt an environmental impact study, the impact study needs a design to calculate what will the impacting who and so on..

We had to act your honor.

AST ayon kay ...

I loved the link beneath the story to a different video, I hope, "Celebration of Transplant Success." Trust Russian doctors to blunder in and mess it all up!

Didn't President Reagan say once that trees pollute the air?

Bart Hall (Kansas, USA) ayon kay ...

Meade -- one disadvantage of lungwort in your situation is that dogs just adore the stuff. They can (and will) eat it back to a nub.

I'm Full of Soup ayon kay ...

I await a comment from Trooper re the fur balls he has lived to tell about.

Wince ayon kay ...

And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the tree that is in your own lung?Matthew 7:3.5

NotWhoIUsedtoBe ayon kay ...

Russian media is about as truthful as it's always been...

Methadras ayon kay ...

In Soviet Russia, Fir tree plants you.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

As they conclude in the video, it could be a world FIRst.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

You get fir balls from licking trees.

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