Pumpkin sculpture can be treacherous business organization , and not just for autumn pumpkin . In fact , accord to a 2004 article published in the diary Preventive Medicine , it ’s really easier to cut human flesh than it is to cut a pumpkin .
Over at The Guardian , Marc Abrahams ( editor in chief of theAnnals of Improbable Researchandcurator of all things scientifically weird ) explicate :
https://gizmodo.com/how-improbable-researchs-marc-abrahams-finds-the-humor-5926825
Alexander M Marcus , Jason K Green and Frederick W Werner at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse publish a study , calledThe Safety of Pumpkin - Carving Tools , in the journal Preventive Medicine .
“ Pumpkin - cutting fortuity ” , they inform their peers who read the report , “ may result mass with compromise hand function ” .
There are several variety of lacerations and puncture wounds that can lead to this hand - compromisation . Lacerations hap “ when the tongue brand travels across the surface of the hand ” or “ when the tongue is incidentally pushed too far forward and trim the opposite hand stabilising the pumpkin ” , or “ when the cutting paw slips forward off the handle and on to the brand ” , in which case “ wound occurs across zona 2 of the palmar surface [ the palm ] of the hand , while the flexor tendon are taut from gripping the knife ” .
Marcus , Green and Werner then went on to measure how much force was required to make a cut with four different knives ( two “ official ” autumn pumpkin cutting knives , one serrated kitchen knife , and one plain - boundary ) — first on pumpkins , and then on “ six cadaver forearms … harvested at the elbow . ”
Real , actual cadaver forearm ! Getting gored with pumpkin - carve tools ! scientist always get to have all the fun . translate more details over atThe Guardian .
[ The GuardianviaJennifer Oullette ]
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