G.B.S.AND SEASICKNESS
How George Bernard Shaw was able to combat seasickness by relaxation is described by Dr. A. Gardner in the "British Medical Journal." Shaw resorted to this measure - once when crossing to France on a destroyer during the Great War, he writes. Shaw illustrated his method by walking up and down with body completely relaxed and allowing his knees to sag. "On the crossing referred to," wrote Dr. Gardner, "he was accompanied by a party of authors and journalists, including the late H. W. Massingham, all of whom watched him curiously as he slithered up and down the deck in front of where they were huddled. On approaching Boulogne, Mr. Shaw went over to his companions, expecting to receive their congratulations on haying stood up to a very rough sea." Shaw (exultantly): 'It worked. I'm all right. I'm not seasick.' Massingham (miserably), 'Yes, you are all right. You are not seasick but, by heavens, you've made all the rest of us seasick.' The method would thus appear to have its drawbacks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 5
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