{"id":3237,"date":"2021-12-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:36:29","slug":"story-the-sailor-on-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/3237\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sailor on Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The story \u201cThe Sailor on Shore\u201d provides patients with instructions on how to deal with dizziness by optimising their sense of balance, for example if they are suffering from seasickness or travel sickness. A spirit level can be used as a metaphor in place of the nautical instrument referred to in the story.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just come off a ship after spending five days\nout at sea,\u201d explained the woman. \u201cMy head is trying to make me believe that I\u2019m\nstill out on the waves. Everything is swaying and rocking from side to side.\u201d \u201cI\nonce visited a naval museum,\u201d answered the man. \u201cI saw a candle holder there which\nwas specially designed to hold candles upright all the time, even out on the\nopen sea. It consisted of three interlocking rings which were connected to each\nother but which could each rotate independently of the others. The outer ring\nhung on a chain and was positioned vertically, and the next ring was also\npositioned vertically, but at right angles to the first. The last and innermost\nring was positioned horizontally, and supported the actual candle holder, whose\ncentre of gravity was below the ring. No matter how much the ship swayed and\nrocked, the rings moved in such a way that the candle stayed upright.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not\ndizzy any more,\u201d said the woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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