medical defects; obviously.
Time to dedicate some time to the classics.
If it is me: it is Animation: Classic!
<also time for me to not have proper English vocabulary and use one word to describe everything>
should make a fun post: yey
I am going to analyse how medically accurate Disney cartoons are seeing that I am spending a respectable chunk of my adult life watching them and every video on Youtube or post on Tumblr about them.
It is also a chance for me to patronize the greatness of Disney and officially thank; however official this may be; Walt Disney and every person involved in creating smiles, happiness; trigger creativity and promote kindness; that is what the Disney Universe is about, right? <smirk>
Needless to say all Disney Cartoons are very good for you. Healthy!
I still wonder sometimes how would some scenarios work in real life.
I will basically take all the magic out of Animated Disney Movies.
The first victim will be the very first animated feature film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Many fans know the facts and trivia behind this gem; it really is shocking at times. I won’t repeat those. My posts won’t be as much fun but will be educational, I guess, and funny in an ironic, geeky way (i.e. not funny at all).
Can I take a moment here at the very beginning to highlight one of my biggest discoveries: Snow White’s stepmother stings her finger with a knitting needle and doesn’t seem to care. Is this a case of congenital analgesia?
~side note~ this seems to be universally true to all cartoon characters
In the original version of the fairy tale by the Grimm Brothers the evil Step Mother disguised as an old hag visits Snow White when she is alone and tries to kill her not once, as it is presented in the Disney version but three times. First she strangles her to death with a corset. Snow White being as slim as she is the aortic circulation was probably compressed by her internal organs as was her chest wall by the tightly laced ‘body suit’ hindering circulation and oxygenation leading to hypoxia and syncope, commonly known as fainting. Also a broken rib could have pierced the pleura and caused pneumothorax.
Look it up people! Or perhaps not, as these posts will be as valid, medically, as good my sense of humor is.
We can only assume that this period of anoxia was less than four minutes to not leave our protagonist brain-damaged. Although her actions prove us wrong.
The second attempt at murdering her stepdaughter is with a poisoned comb which when run through Snow White’s hair causes her to die...a little..I guess. There most be some organophosphates that cause fatal poisoning, right? However large doses would be needed to be absorbed through a large surface of the skin. Maybe if the evil stepmother bathed Snow White in concentrated malathion, maloxone or arsenic and combed her hair after she would have died, otherwise...blah!
The last rant is about the poisoned apple featured in the cartoon. This can also be heavy metal poisoning (#notreally) and was a quite common ‘practice’ in Victorian times being a reoccurring theme in popular movies as well.
On to the educational bit now; Arsenic comes in organic and inorganic forms. The inorganic compositions are more toxic. It can be of three ‘flavors’: alpha (yellow), beta (black), and gamma (grey). Arsenic blocks enzymatic processes and DNA repair in cells leading to peripheral neuropathy, paralysis and death. Symptoms appear in 30 minutes (#notonesecond). It presents with garlic odor, nausea, vomiting and hypersalivation.
K, I do appreciate why this was not depicted in the cartoon.
Just imagine: poor Prince Charming..oh..wait..was that Cinderella? same sh**t
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