Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpindda!seshadri From: seshadri@hpindda.HP.COM (Raghu Seshadri) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Not a possibly stupid question Message-ID: <6290001@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 6 Dec 88 22:17:43 GMT References: <11098@udenva.cair.du.edu> Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA Lines: 5 Thanks David, for a lucid explanation of legs "falling asleep." I have another , rather elementary, question. What exactly is an itch, and why does it go away when you scratch ?