Word: anoxia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anesthetics are riskier than most people realize. One of the dangers is from cerebral anoxia-damage to the brain because of lack of oxygen in the blood, which may kill, paralyze or even turn the patient into a mental defective. Thus far, surgeons have had to rely on such none-too-certain tactics as watching the patient's color, respiration and pulse, or using slow chemical tests...
...from definite physical differences. Their lungs are bigger than normal, with more blood vessels in them. Their blood is in greater volume and contains more oxygen per unit. Their hearts can do 12% more work than the hearts of sea-level men. Their nerve cells are less sensitive to anoxia (oxygen starvation...