Word: bilottis
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Dates: during 1958-1958
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When she was eleven, Margaret Bilotti, stage-struck elder daughter of a Manhattan construction worker, collaborated with another East Side youngster in writing a play, the proceeds to buy Christmas toys for underprivileged children (gross take from ticket sale: "over $2"). Soon afterward an uncle noticed that as Margie sat on a hassock she looked crooked, and her right shoulder blade protruded. The family doctor prescribed a corset, which soon broke and was discarded. Eventually a neighborhood hospital referred the Bilottis to one of the few places in Manhattan that specialize in treating conditions like Margie's, the Hospital...
...favor of a smaller, lighter cast, through which he operates after only one week. Patients, home after two weeks, can run and play while wearing the cast for only six months. Dr. Risser also favors operating in some cases that other orthopedists would leave alone. For Margie Bilotti, now 13½ and intent on an acting career, there was never any doubt about the operation's necessity. Like most of the "scolio club," she has played the part of a turtle smilingly and without complaint...