Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!throopw From: throopw@xyzzy.UUCP (Wayne A. Throop) Newsgroups: misc.wanted,sci.med,sci.bio,sci.misc Subject: Re: Chemistry from a wheelchair Message-ID: <375@xyzzy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 13:29:52 EST Article-I.D.: xyzzy.375 Posted: Tue Nov 17 13:29:52 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Nov-87 22:24:42 EST References: <4206@garfield.UUCP> <1454@aecom.YU.EDU> Organization: Data General, RTP NC. Lines: 32 Xref: mnetor misc.wanted:1668 sci.med:3715 sci.bio:809 sci.misc:639 > werner@aecom.YU.EDU (Craig Werner) > I do not know if this is a valid option. An acquaintance of mine, > now in medical school and confined to a wheelchair, managed to get through > labs with the help of something that looked like a scooter. She said that > it wasn't nearly as confortable as her wheelchair (less upper back support) > but because the seat could be raised over a foot, came in handy for labs. I saw a gadget designed to help paraplegic people do things normally done from a standing position, which seems superior to the scooter in some ways. It was a vertical harness with adjustable braces and straps which would keep a person upright, along with controls for a motorized four-wheel chassis. It was designed to allow a person paralized form the waist down to perform surgery. I don't know if it was ever used for its intended purpose, but it looked like just the ticket for lab work and other upright activities. I also don't recall exactly where I saw the gadget... I believe it was on a Nova or similar show about two to three years ago. Sorry I can't be more specific. > Perhaps having the chemistry department have one of these in reserve might > prove easier than redesigning hoods, and could certainly take place in > a shorter time scale. This seems to apply to this upright-widget, as well as to the scooter Craig is talking about. -- "How did you manage to survive?" "HA! I'm wearing my BABY PROOF VEST!" --- Mole Mom & The Cow (from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse) -- Wayne Throop !mcnc!rti!xyzzy!throopw