Posted on 02/23/2005 7:44:01 PM PST by maui_hawaii
An elderly Thai monk who mistook a tube of superglue for eye drops can see again after doctors unglued one eye. Phra Kru Prapatworakhun, 81, had been unable to see for nearly a week after applying the superglue, which he found in his temple's medicine cabinet.
Doctors used acetone solvent to remove the glue from one eye and said it was unharmed, the Nation newspaper reports.
An operation on the second eye, which is still tightly sealed, is scheduled for Thursday.
Phra Kru Prapatworakhun, the abbot of a temple in Muang Angthong district, north of Bangkok, said he had a severe itch in his eyes on 17 February.
"I squeezed several drops on the floor and saw a clear liquid, so I put four drops into each eye. In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed," the monk told the Nation.
Another monk suggested he use thinners to get rid of the glue. But that only caused a searing pain, he said.
"Doctors used acetone solvent to remove the glue from one eye"
??????
Dang!
"An operation on the second eye..."
!!!!!!!! This can`t be right..
Man thats gotta hurt.
Stupid American /sarcasm
When I was a painter we used acetone to help cause the paint to fuse to the vinyl we were painting. Last thing we wanted to do was get acetone in our eyes. It isn't a mild solvent.
Reminds me of the guy who put gasoline in his hair to get rid of lice. Only problem he was doing it next to the stove. You get the picture.
Yo mama!
Uuuuungh.
I bet he won't do that again.
But he got rid of the lice, right?
"Reminds me of the guy who put gasoline in his hair to get rid of lice. Only problem he was doing it next to the stove. You get the picture."
Let me guess, he won't eat animal crackers if the seal is broken.
A boss in the steel mill where I used to work once grabbed a small bottle of locktite and put some drops in his eye. He wasn't paying close enough attention and thought it was eyedrops. He was OK after a trip to the emergency room.
Still, probably didnt feel too good.
Acetone in the eye thats got to smart a little!!
This makes me want to run out and and join the nearest cult to become a Buddhist so I can attain the seventh level of consciousness.
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I remember that one. He had copius dreadlocks that he was "proud" of. His mother said that they were told by the doctors to cut his hair and that was unacceptable. She was the one who poured gasoline over his head while standing next to a pilot light. Big price to pay for stupidity.
This is now, and that was Zen.
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