In less than 100 years we've managed to make some of the most incredible strides in medicine and technology that the world has ever seen. At the beginning of the 1900s, humans were still riding horses, and in less than a lifetime, we had landed on the surface of the moon.
Thankfully, that amazing technology has allowed us to do some truly incredible things when it comes to maintaining the human body. And someone who is certainly thankful for that fact is Eddie Adcock.
Adcock has lived a pretty hard life. He bought his first banjo at a very young age and started making money playing at churches alongside his brother. Then at age 14, he left home in search of a job and never looked behind.
He realized he was good at fighting, so he became a boxer by day and a musician at night. He eventually even got into car racing and racked up a huge amount of wins. But he always loved playing his banjo more than anything else.
Eventually, he achieved fame through his music and from then on he has enjoyed a prolific career spreading his talent to the world. But as he got older, he began to notice that his hands were shaking a bit. Over time the hand-tremors got so bad that it seemed as if he would have to quit playing the instrument he loved so much.
But then his doctors came up with a plan. They suggested a deep brain stimulation which would attempt to set things right again. But during the brain surgery they would have to keep him awake just to make sure what they were doing was actually working!
Since it seemed fitting, the doctors figured the best way to see if what they were doing was right was to have Eddie playing the banjo as they fiddled around with his brain! Eddie came out better for it and it seems like things are back to normal again.
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