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Doctors get boozy bath for sake of science
Danish doctors have bravely faced a vodka foot-bath in order to establish whether there is any truth behind the urban myth claiming that this act would get them drunk.
Their experiment, described in a paper published in the British Medical Journal, involved the three researchers sitting for three hours (the equivalent of an average local pub visit) with their feet immersed into about 2 liters of vodka.
Every 30 minutes, a nurse took blood samples and checked for ethanol presence.
Meanwhile, the researchers themselves answered questionnaires to measure their self confidence, urge to speak and spontaneously hug each other all of which are well-known symptoms of drunkenness.
The results? Myth totally busted. Vodka, as wonderful a drink as it is, cannot be absorbed through the feet
(although the authors mention that a stronger brew like absinth, or the presence of any skin abrasions, may have led to different results).
A negative result is a result nonetheless. The enthusiastic bathers say their study has important implications, including that of students experimenting with transcutaneous alcohol absorption should move on to more relevant activities.
Doctors get boozy bath for sake of science — RT
What a wonderful experiment.
Example for Hight of Restraint ? 
Danish doctors have bravely faced a vodka foot-bath in order to establish whether there is any truth behind the urban myth claiming that this act would get them drunk.
Their experiment, described in a paper published in the British Medical Journal, involved the three researchers sitting for three hours (the equivalent of an average local pub visit) with their feet immersed into about 2 liters of vodka.
Every 30 minutes, a nurse took blood samples and checked for ethanol presence.
Meanwhile, the researchers themselves answered questionnaires to measure their self confidence, urge to speak and spontaneously hug each other all of which are well-known symptoms of drunkenness.The results? Myth totally busted. Vodka, as wonderful a drink as it is, cannot be absorbed through the feet
(although the authors mention that a stronger brew like absinth, or the presence of any skin abrasions, may have led to different results).A negative result is a result nonetheless. The enthusiastic bathers say their study has important implications, including that of students experimenting with transcutaneous alcohol absorption should move on to more relevant activities.
Doctors get boozy bath for sake of science — RT
What a wonderful experiment.
Example for Hight of Restraint ? 
