Don't Trust Your Life to the Times

If Mark Twain were alive, he might have expanded his cautionary witticism: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.- Mark Twain.



From acorrection in Thursday's Times to an op-ed on the importance ofrestaurant staffknowingthe techniqueto save diners from choking:


An Op-Ed article on Wednesday, about the Heimlich maneuver, incorrectly described the technique. The person administering the maneuver pushes under the choking victim's diaphragm, not above it.