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Sister Charitas' observations are based on sound medical theory. Obstetricians are increasingly aware that an overdependence on anesthetics can lead to fetal damage. On the other hand, nobody expects mothers going through natural childbirth to be martyrs. St. Mary's Dr. Carl Dreyer tells all natural-childbirth mothers...
The Chicago doctors have stopped bleeding from aneurysms (ballooned-out arteries) in the brain's arterial roundabout, the Circle of Willis, by drilling a hole in the patient's skull under a local anesthetic and inserting a stainless steel needle (see diagram). This has a hairlike electrode tip...
Equally important, unlike some of the more complex X-ray methods, ultrasound diagnosis is completely painless and does not require even a local anesthetic. The simpler machines used in many procedures are portable and can be taken to the patient's bedside or to the emergency room. The cost...
Expertness in any one of these takes years to acquire. Yet Dr. Moore reports in Science that the Brigham is getting a stream of visitors who hope to spend only a few days learning the techniques before returning home to try transplants. Some restraint is needed to protect patients, says...
* Hypnotism works. It can demonstrably produce organic effects, such as blisters caused by telling the subject that he has touched something hot. Hypnosis may be the ideal anesthetic since it has no aftereffects. The most