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From: Doctor Tesco <[log in to unmask]>
To: Acad-AE-Med <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 03 April 1999 10:24
Subject: Devil's Tongue
> CEEFAX 1 115 Sat 03 Apr 09:53/54
>
>VACUUM CLEANER SAVES CHOKING MAN'S LIFE
>An 80-year-old Japanese man choking on
>a chewy root paste has had his life
>saved by a vacuum cleaner.
>
>The man, from Osaka, was saved when his
>25-year-old granddaughter extracted the
>root, known as "Devil's Tongue".
>
>"About two or three times a year we
>advise the use of a vacuum cleaner to
>aid a choking victim," said an official
Maybe we should update the advice that the UK ambulance operators give out?
Jeremy Harrison
Alcester
Warwickshire
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