Word: boerema
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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Gangrene is not the same as tetanus, but the bacilli that cause both problems are closely related; they-and possibly also the poisons they make-are destroyed by an excess of oxygen. The Surgery report was by Dr. I. Boerema and his colleagues at Amsterdam's Wilhelmina Hospital, but a hasty transatlantic call failed to reach Dr. Boerema. Eventually an assistant gave the necessary information, and with the consent of Douma's family, the Chicago Heights team decided to go ahead...