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Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live

Posted by timothy on from the he-certainly-won't-remember-it dept.

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."

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  1. Streaming? Not any more by cdrudge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it was prior to being posted on /.

  2. This is ... by Conchobair · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zombie Pr0n.

    1. Re:This is ... by dwywit · · Score: 2, Funny

      Carpaccio for Zombies?

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    2. Re:This is ... by niktemadur · · Score: 2, Funny

      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.

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    3. Re:This is ... by tsa · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you mean cock testes.

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  3. So... by chill · · Score: 4, 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.

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    1. Re:So... by rattaroaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not necessarily. He just doesn't have a brain. He could still be a lawyer.

    2. Re:So... by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not necessarily. He just doesn't have a brain. He could still be a lawyer.

      Or a Slashdot moderator.

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    3. Re:So... by OakDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not necessarily. He just doesn't have a brain. He could still be a lawyer.

      Or a Slashdot moderator.

      -1 Flamebait

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    4. Re:So... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 1, Funny
      I'm sorry! The new moderation UI tricked me! I posted to undo it!!

      Why couldn't they leave the 'Moderate' button to rest in peace?!?!?!

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  4. Not H. M. by SlowMovingTarget · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some gal named Abby Normal...

  5. Pity it's a week late... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is like a foodtv thanksgiving marathon for zombies!

  6. They could have done it while he was alive ... by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not like he would have remembered anything ...

  7. Re:sectioned while alive? by HawkinsD · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought the same thing. Nowhere in the summary does it say that the patient is deceased.

    May I suggest a clarification?

    The slicing the brain of the famous amnesic patient H.M. WHO IS FRICKIN' DEAD into giant histological sections...

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  8. Organ donation by Anonymous Coward · · 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 ?

    1. Re:Organ donation by buswolley · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah good question. I suspect that they might have tricked him by a process of implicit motor learning.

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  9. Re:Exactly how long? by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    The difference is the commercials.

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  10. Re:Necessary? by RobVB · · Score: 2, Funny

    You damn youngsters don't even know how to have some fun anymore...

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  11. Nice headline by aylons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Brain of Patient H.M. Being Sliced, Streamed Live At first, I understood that his brain was sliced and streamed (just like pasta) while he was still alive. It only took a second, but was an indeed creepy thought.

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  12. Re:HM by masmullin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I forget.

  13. Re:Streaming? Not any more by dargaud · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's exactly how I read the story title: "Brain of patient H.M. being sliced, steamed alive". And my first thought was, why, it's so much better fried after being rolled in bread crumbs... That was 1st thing in the morning, before coffee.

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