I know someone who was working at Harborview when they brought in a homeless woman who had been screaming outside complaining about headaches. They wanted to inspect her head, but she wouldn't let them take off her matted hat. So they sedated her, and took off her hat... where they found another hat. And another one. She never took them off, and when they got grimy, she'd just put another one on top.
They just kept going, until they hit... bone? Yup, bone. Her scalp had completely rotted away, and she had raw bone, then layer after layer of rotting skin, hair, wool, and cotton, all liberally steeped in body fluids. Apparently the smell after about layer 2 had people leaving, and when they hit bone, even the most sturdy of them was heaving their guts out in the hall.
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Re: Yup.
Date: 2005-11-15 08:43 pm (UTC)I know someone who was working at Harborview when they brought in a homeless woman who had been screaming outside complaining about headaches. They wanted to inspect her head, but she wouldn't let them take off her matted hat. So they sedated her, and took off her hat... where they found another hat. And another one. She never took them off, and when they got grimy, she'd just put another one on top.
They just kept going, until they hit... bone? Yup, bone. Her scalp had completely rotted away, and she had raw bone, then layer after layer of rotting skin, hair, wool, and cotton, all liberally steeped in body fluids. Apparently the smell after about layer 2 had people leaving, and when they hit bone, even the most sturdy of them was heaving their guts out in the hall.
I can't *imagine* why she had a headache.