The Effect of Country Music on Suicide

Social Forces
Vol. 71, No. 1 (Sep., 1992), pp. 211-218
Published by: Oxford University Press

Steven Stack, Wayne State University
Jim Gundlach, Auburn University

Abstract

This article assesses the link between country music and metropolitan suicide rates. Country music is hypothesized to nurture a suicidal mood through its concerns with problems common in the suicidal population, such as marital discord, alcohol abuse, and alienation from work. The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan areas show that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate. The effect is independent of divorce, southernness, poverty, and gun availability. The existence of a country music subculture is thought to reinforce the link between country music and suicide. Our model explains 51% of the variance in urban white suicide rates.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2579974

Retrograde ejaculation in a Shetland sheepdog

Can Vet J. 1992 Jan;33(1):53-5

Klaas Post, Albert D. Barth, Ursula T. Kiefer, and Reuben J. Mapletoft

Retrograde ejaculation in which semen flows into the urinary bladder because of a bladder sphincter insufficiency is a cause of aspermia, or absence of ejaculate at orgasm, in man. Partial loss of the ejaculate into the bladder occurs during electroejaculation in anesthetized cats, during electroejaculation in nonanesthetized bulls and rams, and during collection of semen by manual stimulation of dogs. In a recent report, motile sperm were present in the bladder in 12 of 15 dogs after manually stimulated ejaculation, and the percentage of the ejaculate that flowed into the bladder ranged from 0-99.75%. Whether or not the dog that had retroejaculated 99.75% of spermatozoa consistently followed this pattern was not reported.

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We describe herein a case of complete retrograde ejaculation in a Shetland sheepdog and attempts to produce pregnancy by promoting antegrade ejaculation and by retrieving the ejaculate from the bladder for artificial insemination.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1481168/

Failure of electric shock treatment for rattlesnake envenomation

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 659-661, June 1991

Richard C Dart*, †, Richard A Gustafson*

* Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, USA
† Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, USA

The use of high-voltage electric shock therapy for the treatment of snake venom poisoning has recently gained popularity in the United States. We present a case that documents the dangerous, ineffective application of electric shock to the face of a patient envenomated by a Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis lutosus). The successful use of antivenin in this critically ill, antivenin-allergic patient is described.

http://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644%2805%2982389-3/abstract

Acute management of the zipper-entrapped penis

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 8, Issue 3, May–June 1990, Pages 305–307

James F. Nolan, MD, Thomas J. Stillwell, MD, John P. Sands Jr., MD

Departments of Urology and Clinical Investigation, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, USA

Abstract

A zipper-entrapped penis is a painful predicament that can be made worse by overzealous intervention. Described is a simple, basic approach to release, that is the least traumatic to both patient and provider.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/073646799090011J

The work reported was performed under the Navy Clinical Investigation Program, case report no. 84-16-1968-113. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government.

Reprint address: LT. J. F. Nolan, MC, USNR, c/o Clinical Investigation Department, Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA 92134-5000