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A sixty eight year old man came to the clinic to check his blood pressure, he wore a small gold looking hoop earing on his left ear. As part of the routine care for diabetic and hypertensive clients I questioned him about his eyesight. His response was that he had perfect eyesight, he only required reading glasses for small prints, as a matter of fact his eyesight had greatly improved since he starting wearing his earing.

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um.... the earlobe is an accupuncture point to improve vision.... thats why the pirates of old wore gold hoops-- so they could see further...

:)

--Barbara

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Specializes in OB, critical care, hospice, farm/industr.
um.... the earlobe is an accupuncture point to improve vision.... thats why the pirates of old wore gold hoops-- so they could see further...

:)

--Barbara

Wow, I didn't know that. I had heard it was to pay Charon the boatman if they drowned at sea, but that doesn't explain gold earrings past the Greeks!

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Wow, I didn't know that. I had heard it was to pay Charon the boatman if they drowned at sea, but that doesn't explain gold earrings past the Greeks!

I'm glad someone explained, cause I was clueless! I never knew that either.

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Sure doesn't work for me, I've got 2holes/ear, and I'm as blind as I ever was! RATS!!!

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the gold earings were worn by sailors so if they died at sea, if there bodies were found the gold could be used to pay for a decent barial

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Specializes in OB, critical care, hospice, farm/industr.

I lived in a place once (fishing village) where everyone in the village wore the same pattern sweater. When I asked why, they explained it was so that if we drowned, they'd be able to id our bodies as belonging to such-and-such village and bring us home. Ew.

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who'da'thunked there was so much information about pirates!

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