Fortean Times UK: Strange Days - Medical Bag http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/ The latest Medical Bag from Fortean Times UK en-GB Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:18:53 +0000 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:18:53 +0000 webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk webmaster.bizarre@dennis.co.uk The Damascine Conversion - Blinded by the light http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/6/blinded_by_the_light.html Paul Chambers ponders the Damascine conversion of St Paul and receives a flash of inspiration on the beginnings of the Christian church. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Nightmare death syndrome http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/335/nightmare_death_syndrome.html Folktales abound of deadly visions that visit us in our sleep. David Hambling reports on the real-life medical phenomenon. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Champion hair http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/339/champion_hair.html 14 foot long pigtails Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Missing member murmurings http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/355/missing_member_murmurings.html Penis-snatching panics have often figured in FT’s databank. Paul Chambers discusses genital disappearances from Africa and South-East Asia. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Monstrous Birth Of Barking http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/435/monstrous_birth_of_barking.html Paul Chambers reassesses a famous medical anomaly and wonders whether it was an example of conjoined twins before such things were widely reported. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 Horny old man http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/535/horny_old_man.html Yemen man's horny dream came true Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100 On Green Skin and Black Dogs http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/medicalbag/1434/on_green_skin_and_black_dogs.html Chlorosis and melancholy – two of medicine's greatest "lost" diseases Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:59 +0100