Monday 1 October 2007

Hope

I found this quote in a book on Lance Armstrong - Tour de Force. I think it is fascinating

"In 1957, Dr. c.p Richter of the Psychobiological Laboratory of John Hopkins Medical School carried out an experiment that attempted to measure the motivational effect of hope. The experiments involved placing rats in cylinders of water thirty inches deep and eight inches wide. After a short time, half of the rats were momentarily rescued - lifter out of the cylinder for a few seconds, then put back into the water. The other half were not. The group that was given hope swam for more than three days. The other rats drowned almost immediately."

I think that we can learn and understand a lot from this. Many medical patients look for hope through science and research such as Kidney Research. If you want to add hope visit www.justgiving.com/amillionthanks

3 comments:

Unknown said...

What were the results of yesterday's tests?

Anonymous said...

hi ian hope everythings goin well with u! when will u get the transplant?

Anonymous said...

good luck friend i will donate i will be putting ur site link in my blog