The South Florida Sun Sentinel's database of emergency room failures will induce instantaneous wincey click-trances in all but the hardest-hearted. Between the telegraph-style notes and the bizarre injuries, it's like reading demented haiku from the Itchy and Scratchy writing-team: HORSING AROUND W/ A FRIEND IN THE SHED CUT ARM ON A MACHETTE LACERATION LEFT FOREARM, SWALLOWED A BATTERY, STRUCK BY MAT BLOWN BY WIND AT STORE, PATIENT WITH ROUND TOY BALL IN EAR UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME; FB REMOVED.
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Database: Injuries reported by emergency rooms
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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