An Australian scientist stuck up four magnets in his nose while making a device to stop people from touching their faces during coronavirus pandemic.
According to The Guardian, Dr. Daniel Reardon, a research fellow at Melbourne's Swinburne University, was making a necklace that sounds an alarm on facial contact when the mishap occurred.
The 27-year-old astrophysicist said he was seeking to liven up the boredom of self-isolation with the four powerful neodymium magnets. He added he was constructing circuits but was not an expert in the work.
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Did curiosity kill the cat?
Reardon told The Guardian he thought that if he built a circuit that could detect the magnetic field, and we wore magnets on his wrist, then it could set off an alarm if he brought it too close to his face.
"I, by accident, invented a necklace that constantly buzzes until you move your hand near your face," he said.
However, the scientist realized the electric component he had did the opposite - and would only complete a circuit while there has been no magnetic field present.
After scrapping the idea, Reardon said he was "still a bit bored," playing with the magnets. "I clipped them to my earlobes and then clipped them to my nostril, and things went downhill pretty quickly when I clipped the magnets to my other nostril," he added.
Reardon said he found magnets in his nostrils, and on the outside. When he removed the magnets from the outside of his nose, the two inner magnets remained together. Unfortunately, the researcher then attempted to use his remaining magnets to eliminate them.
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Unfortunately, Reardon lost his grip on magnets and glued those magnets in his nostrils. Three magnets got stuck in his left nostril even as the opposite one in his right.
After struggling for 20 minutes, Reardon decided to Google the problem and saw an article about an 11-year-old boy who had the same problem. The solution in that was to use more magnets.
Before attending the hospital, Reardon attempted to apply pliers to tug them out, but they became magnetized by the magnets in his nose.
The astrophysicist then rushed to a hospital, where doctors implemented an anesthetic spray and removed magnets from Reardon's nose. When doctors removed three magnets from his left nostril, the only magnet fell down to his throat, which he coughs it out.
Don't do this at home, says, scientist
Medical records from the emergency department stated that Reardon did not have any difficulty breathing, and denied the presence of more magnets up his nose.
The astrophysicist told Guardian Australia he had ruled out similar experiments with the magnets and face-touching and would discover other ways to pass the time while at home.
He added working remotely isn't always that bad. He narrated his family is renovating their house, so he had to construct shelves, making furnishings and doing a little tiling."
