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...when Mary Ann developed a cold and fever, the Gibsons' family doctor advised the parents to take her to Los Angeles' Childrens Hospital. Through their stethoscopes, pediatricians at the hospital heard the peculiar swish that signifies heart murmur. They noted other symptoms: sallow face, slanted eyes, puffy abdomen, great toes widely separated from the other toes, a pronounced line down the soles of both feet, flabby muscles, and a protruding tongue. The dread diagnosis: Mongolism...
...first time, he walked in the corridor outside his suite. He made his first telephone call (to Dulles) from Walter Reed. One evening, younger brother Milton dropped by; Ike stayed out of bed an unusual 90 minutes to chat and have dinner. The superficial stitches were removed from his abdomen. Later deeper wire stitches also were cut; 24 hours later they were withdrawn, and the President walked the 80 ft. to Mamie's room to tell her so himself...
...Henry I. Lipson and Henry R. Bradford reported that they can achieve all three results more simply by giving a narcotic, alpha-prodine, in combination with a narcotic antagonist to cut down the danger of arresting the breathing mechanism. In 78 cases of major surgery (including 22 in the abdomen, 5 in the heart, 21 in the brain and 10 in the chest) and 146 cases of minor surgery, they got by in 84 cases with no other anesthetic, and used only a local in 103. A main advantage of the method: it induces a light "sleep state," from which...
When such a closure struck President Eisenhower early Friday morning, he felt pains in the lower quarter of his abdomen. At the first call from Mamie Eisen hower, Presidential Physician Howard McCrum Snyder, knowing his longtime patient's susceptibility to indigestion, prescribed milk of magnesia ; he figured hope fully that it could do no harm and might bring the upset to a quick end. But as Ike's discomfort became gradually worse, Snyder went to the White House to sit up the rest of the night with him. The President vomited repeatedly, and Dr. Snyder now knew that...
...tight-fitting pressure suit made of elastic cotton-rayon knit material has been developed at Duke University for victims of low blood pressure who are in danger of keeling over when they get out of bed or stand up. It keeps blood from pooling in the abdomen and legs...