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Subject: Acoustical coagulation of protein?

Date: Thu Oct 13 07:39:03 2005
Posted by Joel
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Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1129214343.Bc
Message:

I've come across the following quote before, and I'd like to know if there's any
truth to it.

In addition to harmful, irregular beats in rock music, shrill frequencies prove
to also be harmful to the body. Bob Larson, a Christian minister and former rock
musician, remembers that in the 70's teens would bring raw eggs to a rock
concert and put them on the front of the stage. The eggs would be hard boiled by
the music before the end of the concert and could be eaten. Dr. Earl W. Flosdorf
and Dr. Leslie A. Chambers showed that proteins in a liquid medium were
coagulated when subjected to piercing high-pitched sounds.
http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n15/mente/musica.html

Bob Larson isn't what I would consider a trustworthy source, but I was wondering
if this was true, and if so, what the implications are for concert goers. It
seems unlikely, but are harmful blood clots possible? The original research
paper (from 1936!) can be found at http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/114/1/75

Thanks!


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