Word: asepticism
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Money & Medicine. Monk was sustained during much of this bleak time by his friend, mascot and champion, the Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, 50. The baroness had abandoned the aseptic, punctual world of her family* for the formless life of New York's night people. In 1955 she acquired undeserved notoriety...
Notwithstanding the celebrated advice of Lorelei Lee ("A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend"), most European women welcome the new wave of hand kissing, and to their men it has always seemed a more intriguing approach to a woman...
The air washer, called the Aseptic Air System, is relatively inexpensive. Its inventors, a physicist and a well-to-do gadgeteer, can equip the average 1,000-sq.-ft. operating room for as little as $1,500.
Doctors & Menaces. Spread of infection within hospitals appeared to be under control a generation ago, thanks to universal use of Listerian antiseptic and aseptic techniques. In those days, 90% or more of potentially fatal infections were picked up on the outside, and the hospital was the place to go to...
Walt Disney Presents (ABC, 8-9 p.m.). Disney casting an aseptic eye on the outbreak of the American Revolution, Johnny Tremain, Paul Revere and all that jazz.