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Which way up?

Skip Novak’s article on seasickness resonated with me, and I found Mark Chisnell’s report on it in the February 2019 issue fascinating. However, there is one important correction which needs to be made to Skip’s article.

He writes: ‘Being prone and staying in that position is sometimes the best cure.’ Lying prone means lying face down. Surely as the picture on the later pages illustrates, lying supine – on your back – is what Skip

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