William Denton said:
<<<A classic scene we've all read many times is when
the hero gets hit on the head and knocked out. In real life,
this can kill you, or give you a concussion, or at least make
you throw up. In most books, it makes a black void open up in
front of you and you fall in soundlessly, and then you wake
up half an hour later with a headache.>>>
Unless my memory is faulty from having been knocked out too
many times--three. Chandler, the best of the best, used this
gimick in every book or in at least most of them.
And didn't Chanlder use some cutesy descriptions when being
knocked out?
I remember having the headache, but I don't remember throwing
up at any of the three times I was knocked out. To me "knock
out" is the a tern synonimous with concussion. At least
that's what I thought when the doctors examined me. In one of
these incidents the fog lingered for several days. The others
cleared up by the next morning.
Professional athletes who have a series of concussions
usually get worse with each and synapses get mangled and
eventulally you get the syndrome of the "punch drunk
fighter." I'm not sure what the technical name of that
is.
It's a good story gimick, and lets face it, although it may
fit many character's paradigm, it is also unrealistic.
But if we want realism, why not just watch
"Cops?" Yeah, that's real all right!
Jack Bludis
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