Claude Cyr, a professor of medicine at Quebec's Sherbrooke University, said a study of the 23 hugely popular Tintin books showed the intrepid Belgian reporter suffered 50 significant losses of consciousness during his many adventures. The analysis was published in the Christmas edition of a Canadian medical journal, which has a tradition of publishing studies into the ailments of fictional characters in its Christmas edition.
In 2000 the Canadian Medical Association Journal caused something of an uproar by revealing that Winnie the Pooh's continuous search for honey was caused by obsessive compulsive disorder, Piglet needed anti-panic medication, while Eeyore was massively depressed.
Another study surmised that Beatrix Potter's ever energetic Squirrel Nutkin character was in fact autistic.
The Tintin study can be found on the website of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
Why Tintin Didn't Age...
Claude Cyr, a professor of medicine at Quebec's Sherbrooke University, said a study of the 23 hugely popular Tintin books showed the intrepid Belgian reporter suffered 50 significant losses of consciousness during his many adventures. The analysis was published in the Christmas edition of a Canadian medical journal, which has a tradition of publishing studies into the ailments of fictional characters in its Christmas edition.
In 2000 the Canadian Medical Association Journal caused something of an uproar by revealing that Winnie the Pooh's continuous search for honey was caused by obsessive compulsive disorder, Piglet needed anti-panic medication, while Eeyore was massively depressed.
Another study surmised that Beatrix Potter's ever energetic Squirrel Nutkin character was in fact autistic.
The Tintin study can be found on the website of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
0 comments:
Post a Comment