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The palmomental reflex: stop scratching around!
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Contributors JMS wrote the first draft which was reviewed by MNR. Both authors agreed the final draft.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by Marty Samuels, Boston, USA and Martin Turner, Oxford, UK.
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