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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: mac
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Date: 17 May 89 04:24:00 GMT
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Re:  Macintosh-itis (mousing wrist/hand disorder)

This sounds like a lot of bunk to me.  Several national magazines
recently carried articles on "Computeritis", medical problems caused
by computers.  All the people involved WERE USING MAINFRAME
WORKSTATIONS (e.g. the keyboards of the LA times computer system).

They discussed carpal(sp?) tunnel syndrome and other icky things that
can happen to your fingers, wrists, and arms through using a VDT.

If it weren't for the macintoshes in Switzerland, by now 75 people
would have been admitted to the hospital for keyboard overuse
syndrome!  8-)

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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