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Letter: Shocking discovery

Published 2 April 2014

From Terry Klumpp

When I was an apprentice electrician many years ago, my finger strayed across live positive and negative terminals, and I cursed myself for being so careless. However, I suddenly realised that my raging hangover had vanished.

Given how well the voltage cure has worked for some (22 February, p 34), I now believe that the shock is what obliterated my hangover. I never dared to shock myself again deliberately in order to test my hypothesis.
Albion, Victoria, Australia

Issue no. 2963 published 5 April 2014

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