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Commenting on the warnings issued by Dean Monro about the possible harmful affects of the drugs, Dr. Klerman stated that "on a purely statistical basis the incidence of these [harmful] effects is rather low. However, they do occur more frequently than, say, with aspirin...
...serious disease. It is marked mainly by a short spell of fever and a bad headache. This sort of attack leaves no lasting ill effects. But in a few victims, and especially those over 60, a high fever develops rapidly, the headache is so severe that aspirin and even morphine compounds give no relief; there are chills, nausea and vomiting. Some patients go into a coma or convulsions; if they survive such a severe attack, they may have suffered permanent brain damage. No medicine does any good against the virus...
Fact is, each year one out of every thousand women under 45-regardless of whether she is taking Enovid, or aspirin, or no drugs at all-will have an attack of thrombophlebitis. In a few of these cases, a blood clot from an inflamed leg or pelvic vein will travel to the lungs and cause serious illness or death. The danger that this will happen is known to be markedly greater in pregnant women...
...spaces in the wool allow the skin to dry, and ease the pressure on the spine," says Dr. Gaenslen. "I order a sheepskin for a patient the same as I'd order aspirin." A Buffalo surgeon uses deerskins, finds that they work well, and has no difficulty getting hunters in the neighborhood to donate them-a radio appeal once brought in hundreds. Two of the idea's biggest boosters are El Paso's Dr. Louis W. Breck and Dr. Saul Gonzalez, who have used sheepskins for thousands of patients. They have seen virtually no bed ulcers...
Each year thousands of misguided teenagers explore the fuzzy-edged world of the cheap kick. Over the years, they have tried the hopped-up delights of aspirin-and-Coke, cough syrup, Benzedrine inhalers and lighter-fluid fumes...