Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live 199
buswolley writes "The slicing of the brain of the famous amnesic patient H.M. into giant histological sections is now in full swing, and is being streamed live. The brain specimen is frozen and sectioned whole during one continuous session that is expected to last approximately 30 hours."
Streaming? Not any more (Score:5, Funny)
Well, it was prior to being posted on /.
This is ... (Score:5, Funny)
So... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm guessing H.M. is dead, right? Wasn't this a scene out of Hannibal Lecter? Excuse me while I dig up a good chianti and some fava beans.
Not H. M. (Score:5, Funny)
Pity it's a week late... (Score:4, Funny)
This is like a foodtv thanksgiving marathon for zombies!
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
They could have done it while he was alive ... (Score:5, Funny)
It's not like he would have remembered anything ...
Re:sectioned while alive? (Score:5, Funny)
I thought the same thing. Nowhere in the summary does it say that the patient is deceased.
May I suggest a clarification?
Organ donation (Score:5, Funny)
So I can't help but wonder how they got HM to consent to organ donation ? Did they ask him everyday until his death ? Or perhaps he got "organ donor" tattooed on his body ?
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
Or a Slashdot moderator.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
-1 Flamebait
Re:Exactly how long? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Organ donation (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Necessary? (Score:3, Funny)
Nice headline (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
Why couldn't they leave the 'Moderate' button to rest in peace?!?!?!
Re:This is ... (Score:2, Funny)
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Deli Sliced brain
Headcheese, very European.
Or you could do some authentic Mexican food, dice up the brain and toss the chunks into a vat of simmering bone marrow soup, in which case the brains are called sesos.
No joke, I've had this with a dash of lemon and besides being super tasty, it's an incredible hangover recipe, although the amounts of cholesterol involved are ridiculously high.
Speaking of hardcore food from the central Mexico region, the only thing I can think of that I haven't dared try yet are escamoles, a buttery, cheese-like spread made of (wait for it...) ant eggs.
This thing won a culinary competition in Spain a couple of years ago, the judges finding out what they ate and praised only after they handed out the prize. Some of the judges then probably scrambled towards the toilets, head first.
Seriously though, they don't use just any ants, but those that set up their colonies in fields of maguey plants, where mezcal and tequila come from. Call it Mexico's idea of "kosher", I dunno.
Re:HM (Score:2, Funny)
Re:This is ... (Score:3, Funny)
I think you mean cock testes.
Re:Streaming? Not any more (Score:3, Funny)