Word: anestheticized
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Much of Korda's book concentrates on dress and the trappings of power, including which briefcase and footwear to buy (Gucci loafers are "power shoes"). Some of his advice reads like a mad parody. Rising executives should practice a strong "power gaze" in front of a mirror. If they...
BIRTH DEFECTS. The Ohio department of health has found that women in three communities with PVC plants-Painesville, Ashtabula and Avon Lake-bore more children with birth defects and other malformations than women in other communities in the state; laboratory research has shown that vinyl chloride can cause chromosomal damage...
HALOTHANE. An extremely potent anesthetic.
> When he was 18 and in the Merchant Marine, William Fertig of Franklinville, N.J., entered the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital on New York City's Staten Island to have an eye defect corrected. But before surgery, Fertig suffered a rare reaction to a widely used general anesthetic. His...
That use, Wall reports in New Scientist, "is surprisingly rare and the number of cases is decreasing." At "the most active hospital using acupuncture," the technique was employed in 845 cases in 1970 and in only 324 in 1973-a mere 6% of all the year's operations. About...