# health question about writing on your hand \[Edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 5, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877 "2007-12-05T03:42:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Genericuser234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Genericuser234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genericuser234)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/1 "2007-12-05T03:42:17Z")
A few years ago i remember reading an article somewhere about how writing jot notes (in pen) down on your hand and arm could poison you and result in death or atleast a trip to the hospital. since i write on my hand more often than i used to i was wondering if writing on my hand could be a bad idea or if the whole thing is just non-sense. cheers, john ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/2 "2007-12-05T03:45:40Z")
Ah, a Christmas title. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/3 "2007-12-05T03:53:01Z")
One of my favorite alma mater topics in my subject area: “In the 1950’s, Tulane psychiatrist Robert G. Heath and coworkers engaged in studies of the human brain that were sponsored by U.S. government agencies and included black prisoners among its experimental subjects. What follows are two views of those studies from very different perspectives.” > **[Robert G. Heath - Tulane Psychiatrist](http://www.tulanelink.com/tulanelink/twoviews_04a.htm)** > > Dr. Robert G. Heath of Tulane University implanted electrodes into the brains of experimental subjects, including black inmates, in an attempt to control aggression, schizophrenia, homosexuality and other forms of undesirable behavior by means of... ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/4 "2007-12-05T03:56:34Z")
I like heath bars. Standard pen inks are non-toxic and won’t poison someone who chronically writes on themself. [http://www.lifespan.org/adam/healthillustratedencyclopedia/1/002791.html](http://www.lifespan.org/adam/healthillustratedencyclopedia/1/002791.html) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/5 "2007-12-05T13:28:43Z")
Isn’t heath a type of heather? ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/6 "2007-12-05T14:13:20Z")
From wiki: > [@](#): > > Heaths are shrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. In the latter respect they are similar to moorland, but they differ in terms of climate – heathland is generally warmer and drier than moorland – and vegetation. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/7 "2007-12-05T14:15:59Z")
Darn, I thought it was going to be about Heath Ledger – just saw _A Knight’s Tale_ again a couple of weeks ago, hard to imagine he’s the same guy as the one who was in _Brokeback Mountain_. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/8 "2007-12-05T19:29:20Z")
What a bunch of jerks. I thought there was supposed to be a rule against that. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/9 "2007-12-05T20:06:52Z")
**QtM** answered the OP’s question in Post #4. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/10 "2007-12-05T20:12:03Z")
:smack: I just figured out **Q.E.D.'s** post ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/11 "2007-12-05T20:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=Eureka] :smack: I just figured out **Q.E.D.'s** post [/QUOTE] I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/12 "2007-12-05T20:22:25Z")
**gigi** , No “L”–Noel ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/13 "2007-12-05T20:27:36Z")
Very very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Genericuser234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5daacb/32.png) [@Genericuser234](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genericuser234)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/14 "2007-12-05T21:11:09Z")
i appologize for misspelling the title. i meant to say health question. if you couldnt have figured that out by what the question was about then your an idiot… or a jackass… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/15 "2007-12-05T22:01:20Z")
[QUOTE=marochko] i appologize for misspelling the title. i meant to say health question. if you couldnt have figured that out by what the question was about then your an idiot.. or a jackass.. [/QUOTE] Hee haw I say, hee haw. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/16 "2007-12-05T22:17:04Z")
The weird thing is, when I opened the forum it was right undernealth my “wound” question, so I did read it as “health” even without the L. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/17 "2007-12-05T22:45:10Z")
[QUOTE=MrSquishy] What a bunch of jerks. I thought there was supposed to be a rule against that. [/QUOTE] **Moderator Warning** **MrSquishy** , as you should know, there _is_ a rule against insulting other posters. There is no rule against making jokes based on a misspelling. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/18 "2007-12-05T22:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=marochko] i appologize for misspelling the title. i meant to say health question. if you couldnt have figured that out by what the question was about then your an idiot.. or a jackass.. [/QUOTE] [Moderating] **marochko** , since you are new I am not issuing a formal warning here. However, you should be aware that personal insults are not permitted in this forum. If you post here, you should do so with patience and a sense of humor. If you have a problem with the responses of other posters, the best course is to e-mail a moderator. This is also the way to get your thread title fixed. At the risk of making most of the posts in this thread meaningless, I am going to edit the thread title. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-question-about-writing-on-your-hand-edited-title/428877/19 "2007-12-06T02:29:48Z")
There’s no need to appologize.