tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8144076676883802764..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini's last train rideJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9467208162417815032017-04-26T22:19:42.391-07:002017-04-26T22:19:42.391-07:00That is an excellent theory, Walt. Yes, I can imag...That is an excellent theory, Walt. Yes, I can imagine it playing out exactly like that.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-73711136912873235452017-04-26T22:09:59.263-07:002017-04-26T22:09:59.263-07:00I actually have a theory on that.
You know how pe...I actually have a theory on that.<br /><br />You know how people Google their symptoms nowadays to find that WebMD tells them that they're dying of something? As a result of their constant appearance, people generally dismiss those results in favor of more everyday, less deadly ailments that are more in line with what they attribute the causes to be.<br /><br />If Dretzka pulled a WebMD and Walt Gordonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-22466662889709709162014-06-14T16:25:25.678-07:002014-06-14T16:25:25.678-07:00The Dretzka info came from that article "the ...The Dretzka info came from that article "the last man to see Houdini alive."<br />It's very good. I have no problem with Dretzka calling appendicitis when he examined Houdini. Houdini ignored him. There was no reason why any other doctors shared Dretzka's diagnosis or even knew about it. And it was already too late. Never mind that, As I read Julia Sauer, Julia Karcher and Patrick Cullitonhttp://www.houdinisghost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31029504637910372842014-06-13T15:36:46.711-07:002014-06-13T15:36:46.711-07:00Well, Dretzka did say that's what he diagnosed...Well, Dretzka did say that's what he diagnosed. But sometimes I wonder about that. No-one heard this, and all the other doctors that night, based on the information Houdini provided about the punch, misdiagnosed him. It wasn't known he had appendicitis until the operation (or they would have done it sooner). So are we to believe Dretzka made the correct diagnosis, but somehow that never John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-72055487669958366402014-06-13T15:12:20.109-07:002014-06-13T15:12:20.109-07:00Dr. Dretzka must have told Houdini in that dressin...Dr. Dretzka must have told Houdini in that dressing room that he had symptoms of appendicitis. And yet he refused to go to the hospital. What was he thinking?Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com