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Invalid “Fed” Cigarettes on a Stick :

Because a patient with two broken arms was unable to hold a cigarette, authorities in a St. Louis, Mo., hospital devised the odd six-foot holder pictured at the right. A roommate lights a cigarette, places it in a hole in the end of the stick, and holds it to his friend’s lips. To raise his body for the purpose, he uses a support suspended above his bed, as shown. A nail in the end of the holder is used to feed the patient candy.

这是1938年美国圣路易斯市医院制做了一个有6英尺长的一头带有钉子木棒，用来照顾双臂不能活动的病人，你看这位腿不能活动的室友可以用它来让边床的人吸烟，还可以喂食糖果，哈哈！有点取长补短的意思，估计当时护士非常短缺的缘故吧。不过这样也不错，总的还是起到了照顾的作用。

via:Modern Mechanix

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