Aphrodite possessed a magic girdle which had the power of inspiring love and desire for those who wore it; hence it was borrowed by Hera when she wished to stimulate the love of Zeus. (Hom. Il. xiv. 214, &c.)
While attending medical school  in the 1970's, Charles Krauthammer was paralyzed when he hit his  head at the bottom of a pool when divi â¦ ng off of the diving board.  He has been confined to a wheelchair since then. He has limited  movement in his arms and hands, but no movement in his legs.
(1)Neurology Department and Cyclotron Research Center, University of LiÃ¨ge, Sart Tilman B30, 4000 Liege, Belgium. steven.laureys@ulg.ac.be. The locked-in syndrome (pseudocoma) describes patients who are awake and conscious but selectively deefferented, i.e., have no means of producing speech, limb or facial movements. Acute ventral pontine lesions are its most common cause.