Setting: A galaxy far far away, quite a way into the future with human colonists on a distant world.

Searches tried: Looked up various pages on Mescaline and the physical and mental effects and side effects. Cross referenced with a little of own knowledge.

The situation: A character has just taken a dose of a more potent derivative of Mescaline in order to induce a vision quest style thing (there's more to it than that, but I don't see this being relevant to the problem so I'll keep it short). His girlfriend is a qualified Doctor (she's a research medic but can still practise medicine) who administered the drug and is, of course, aware that things are going wrong. My question is: How will she react in order to attempt to save his life?

The technology level of this setting is a little more futuristic than the modern world. They have slightly better medical tech (such as the ability to synthesise drugs) a little more knowledge about drug interactions on the human body and how to manipulate chemical structure to improve effects or reduce side effects (but not eliminate them completely and in some cases not at all due to that reducing the wanted effects) and a little better knowledge of pathology. However, they do not have any fancy 'star trek style' insta-heals or hyposprays or anything like that - I want medicine to be gritty and bloody and still involve things like needles in the arms and breaking the ribcage doing CPR.

Looking at this issue I have found all the symptoms of mescaline use (tachycardia, raised or lowered blood glucose, perspiration and nausea and so on...) but I think I need to get a medic's opinion on what she would do to diagnose and treat all these symptoms. I am assuming the following:

- she is under the impression that his current physical state is life threatening and he will die if she does nothing. This may or may not be the case but her triage tells her it is the case and she has to act now.
- They are in the middle of a forest, miles from anywhere. She could get help summoned quickly but she still has to act to stop him from dying now. Besides, what they are doing is 'slightly illegal' so she would prefer to do it without involving anyone of authority but will do so if it is essential.
- She is prepared for this eventuality, knowing what the drug was and that he intended to take it. This is an experiment he is conducting and she has come along specifically to prevent his stupidity from killing him. So, she can have a doctor's bag with any drugs or equipment in it that she thinks she would need.

So, what would a modern doctor do in this situation? I ask this so I can extrapolate some sci fi treatments to fit the setting.

What would be the most likely of the physical symptoms that are life threatening? Is it the tachycardia? Is it the effects on blood glucose (I notice that the effect changes dependent on dose - raised if low dose, lowered if high - so I am assuming low in this case but does it get as seriously low or high as it can in a Type I Diabetic to the point of risking death?) Or is there another effect I have not mentioned which may be the one that risks death? Bear in mind these symptoms can be greatly exaggerated as the drug is an untested, modified version.

Thanks in advance for any help with anything to do with this situation.

Posting for a friend!

(Previous searches: Galton whistles, flute making and many variations thereof.)

The story is set in Europe in the middle ages, so something of the period would be awesome, but the story is flexible enough for a certain amount of handwaving to get the instrument I need.

My story requires a wind instrument that can play music both within and beyond human hearing. Does such an instrument exist? If not, would it be possible to modify or custom build some sort of flute or recorder that could do it? What would be the physical characteristics of the instrument? (I'm guessing longer and thinner than a regular flute.) Would it require special skill to play it? I know that if you blow hard enough into a regular flute or recorder, the sound will go up an octave. Perhaps a "Galton flute" could only be correctly played by somebody with immense lung-power? (This would actually be a major benefit, story-wise.)

Thank you in advance.

Please help. Thank you.

I saw an advertisement for Star Trek XI's forthcoming UK DVD release.

It's tomorrow. In some stores, it could be as low as £9.99.

Well I just watched 'Waters of Mars', and I was inspired to make a wallpaper for myself. Then I figured I might as well share it!

It's free to take for personal use.



Full size at my journal. Totally vague spoilers for 'Waters of Mars'

OH MY GOD, I JUST SENT A QUERY LETTER TO AN AGENT.

I AM TERRIFIED.

Does any one know what the new doctor going to wear???? I was just wondering have they reveild it yet.

I met up with some friends this morning at this coffee place in Hollywood. I tried the Mocha frappe, which was far from anything mocha, so I decided, instead of blended coffee, I'd go for some tea. So I asked the guy what teas they had. He motioned me to the wall where they had large jars full of tea leaves, all labeled.

Next to Will Riker's Risan Jamoharojen(sp), I found Picard's Earl Gray, labeled exactly that, and I went with the PEG. It was just what I needed.

Then I realized the name of the place:

Ten Forward Coffee and Tea Lounge -
1635 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028

And where in Hollywood is it located?

Next to the Ricardo Montalban Theatre.

:)

OMFG!!!!!

(Wow. Wow. WoW)

Crazy Ten is crazy.

⌈ Secret Post #1045 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Download link and samples for Merlin 2x08 - The Sins of the Father screencaps can be found HERE @ puchre.
2161 (624x352) unedited caps, 57.3 MB ZIP

I read somewhere they were working on a cell phone that looks like a classic trek communicator

did they ever come out with it? Real cell phones are already smaller that communicators!

I want them to make am iPhone or something that looks like a TOS tricorder!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/a6eb/



and am I the only one who thinks that while much of the TOS's technology looks very dated, the original Phaser would still look serviceable onscreen in the new movies?



http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/st-os-phaser-blk.jpg

something about it still holds up!

Walls: Bones, 30Rock, Lisa Edelstein, Doctor/Rose

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— 20 animated LJ icons "The Sins of the Father"
— 8 bonus gifs

Preview


CLICH HERE to get them @ excalibur_icons

This post is to talk about the christmas episode exclusive preview ...
( Spoilers, of course )

Title: Sins of the servant
Author: reveuse2
Rating: g
Characters: Merlin, Gaius
Spoilers: Yes - for Season 2, Episode 8
Discalimer: these characters are not mine, I'm just meddling
Summary: an alternative final scene to "Sins of the father"


( The door hadn’t quite closed, and Merlin’s heartbeat hadn’t slowed to anywhere near its normal pace, when Gaius appeared.  )

A while ago, when they were filming Season 4, there was a photo of DT pointing at Davros with a huge fanboy grin on his face.

I had it and I cant find it. Does anyone please have it and would you share it with me?

I would really appreciate it...


Never mind! A fan of win sorted me out with it X-D

We're all excited about tonight's Doctor Who, I hope? Here is a post for you to comment with squees, reactions, thoughts, criticism, general love-ins and links to offcomm reviews. Have fun!

Cross-posted to vortex_of_mirth

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More from Michael Moorcock on his forthcoming Who novel:

1) I've been watching Dr Who since it began. Haven't liked all the doctors and after Peter Davison stopped watching regularly until the new BBC Wales series.
2) Since the Tom Baker series, a lot of my ideas crept into the stories and so in many ways I'll be writing a story which already echoes my own work. (Possibly he's talking about the White/Black Guardian, Order/Chaos stuff?)
3)I do have to submit it to editors so they can make sure it fits into the canon and this, of course, is understandable. By saying it wasn't a tie-in I did, of course, mean that it would be an original novel, not one which was linked to previous stories.

I share an enthusiasm for the current Dr Who broadcasts with quite a few friends who are 'literary' novelists and I sense in some of the Gallifrey remarks (someone showed him some comments from Gallifrey Base) a suspicion of the 'outsider' which you used to get when someone with a reputation as a non-sf writer would decide to write an sf novel. All I can answer to this is 'wait and see'. I'm certainly not a non-watcher! Neither am I someone who ascribes a kind of religiosity to an enthusiasm. This phenomenon crops up a lot, these days associated with sf/fantasy, LOTR, H.Potter, Twilight and so on. I hate these presumptions of exclusivity either in my own corner of the literary world or elsewhere. Mike Kustow, once director of the Royal Shakespeare Co, described this as 'the anxious ownership syndrome', when faced with his first confrontation with sf fandom in Brighton 1968. He'd found the same sort of expression with Shakespeare fans when someone from 'outside' showed an interest.

I've been asked to write Dr Who scripts or stories almost since the series began, because I was known to enjoy Dr Who. Only recently did the time feel right to me to do one. I'm going to enjoy that, too.