Thanks, S.I. Russel!

[llcoolvad]

My new hero is S.I. Russel, the inventor of the heating pad. I don't think I'd make it through work today without him. So thanks, S.I.!

"An American, S. I. Russel, invented the electric heating pad in 1912 as a medical aid for tubercular patients sleeping outdoors: it was a small square of fabric with electrically heated tapes running through it."
- De Bono, Edward, ed. Eureka! An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer, 1974

Comments

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Wow. He is my hero, too. I could not have gotten through thirty years of menstrual cycles without my trusty heating pads. Even now that I no longer have them I adore my heating pad for days when I have a sore back. Thanks for letting me know about him!

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Yep, today is Stabbing Pain In The Back Day, here in llcoolvad-ville. Ow.

My usual climate-related hero is Willis Haviland Carrier, inventor of the air conditioner. That man is a god in my world. :-)