A definitive redundancy definately. In fact it is illogical from the get go . Oh wait a minute--def of solipsism--- (a) the theory that the self can be aware of nothing but its own experiences and states. And therein lies the problem.
Today I took the outward expression of the organism that grows hair to the Department of Agriculture in Sacramento and both Beth and the really nice gay guy I forget his name Greg or Craig or maybe Clark but I really dont know, could not help me. I was prepared for smirks and unwillingness to help. Oh for goodness sake HOW could I have ever thought that they could identify a plant that is common in Argentina? I don't think so. They will see. As all will see, that this is a simple solution to a very weird, to us, problem but not to those who know what this organism is. I have changed from talking about the plant as a plant that grows what looks like hair that can live on human skin to referring to Emortas as an organism. Emortas. The wax that makes the skin look as if the person was dead. You know the Death Pallor or pallor or paller or anyotherspelling. Oh how PC--which by the way is a very weak stance and usually untrue.
And you knew that anyway.
So my next step is to try to find a forensic scientist who has a lab and can do DNA testing on the org as well as the stuffIhavefreekygrowing in my houseonmyfloor and on the strips of tape hanging off of my beautiful antique Swedish inspired raw pine solid wood bookcase filled with worthy books. If I allow myself to think of this I will cry.
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http://archderm.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/4/336
ReplyDeleteA Unique Stellate Plant Hair on Human Skin
Viburnum Dentatum Pubescence
Chalmers E. Cornelius III, MD; Walter B. Shelley, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1968;98(4):336-338.
Abstract
An unusual stellate structure has been noted in the skin scrapings of diseased and nondiseased skin. It has a thick potassium hydroxide-resistant wall suggestive of cellulose. Its morphology is that of the stellate pubescence found on the leaves and stems of viburnum dentatum, arrowwood, an abundant deciduous plant that grows over much of the United States and Canada.
We hope this report will familiarize both the dermatologist and the pathologist with this distinctive skin and slide contaminant of plant origin.
Author Affiliations
Philadelphia
From the Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 27, 1968.
Reprint requests to 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia 19104 (Dr. Shelley).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrowwood or Arrowwood Viburnum) is a small shrub native to the Eastern United States and Canada from Maine south to Northern Florida and Eastern Texas.
Like most Viburnum, it has opposite, simple leaves and fruit in berry-like drupes. Foliage turns yellow to red in late fall. Localized variations of the species are common over its entire geographic range. Common differences include leaf size and shape and placement of pubescence on leaf undersides and petioles