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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Handedness is where the heart is
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 17:49:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 17:49:55 1985
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> > > >The heart is on the left side of the body.  I had heard that in swordfighting
> > > 
> > > The heart is NOT on the left side of the body...
> > > ... (the left ventricle does most of the pumping)
> > > -- Mike Moroney
> > 
> > So a wound on the left side is still more damaging, and still causes quick
> > evolution.
> 
> If you are a bronze age warrior and someone punctures your heart.  You die.
> Left side, right side, top or bottom, it makes no difference at all.

It is probably easier to hit my heart on the side, by sticking your sword
through my ribs than trying to bore a hole in my sternum and hit it straight
on.

-Ron