Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Relying on the fact that drugs can usually restore even children with severe leukemia to a normal-appearing blood pattern for a while, a Harvard University research team at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital tried yet another approach. They took bone marrow from the patients during such remissions, deep-froze it until all drugs had ceased to work, then gave the children 600 r. of X rays and a prompt reinjection of their own marrow. In the New England Journal of Medicine the doctors report that one case was a clear failure; the second child died, but with...
...matter what method they use, the doctors cannot estimate how long these remissions may last. Even with a patient's own marrow, they cannot be sure that it was as healthy as it looked. But the Boston team and Dr. Thomas agree that if the principle can be shown to work in leukemia, it may be possible to extend it to other forms of widespread cancer...
...Francisco Giants trailed the Boston Red Sox 4-0 as they went to bat in the first inning of an exhibition game at Phoenix, Ariz. last week. Boston's lead lasted less than five minutes. The Giants' Utility Infielder Ed Bressoud led off with a home run. Outfielder Willie Mays hit a triple to deepest center field. First Baseman Orlando Cepeda walloped a 450-ft. home run, and Outfielder Jackie Brandt followed with another homer-all off Ike Delock, Boston's winningest pitcher last year. In his box behind third base, the Giants' President Horace Stoneham...
Under the leadership of Victor Manusevitch, a first violinist with the Boston Symphony, whose energy and perseverance has been largely responsible for the formation of the Orchestra, the musicians successfully combined an amateur enthusiasm with a very high level of competence...
Trailing 8 to 3 late in the third period, the disorganized Boston Lacrosse Club finally began to play as a unit and defeated the varsity 11 to 8 on a slippery Business School Field here Saturday. The varsity scored five of its goals in the first seven minutes of play, before the regular BLC goalie--who arrived at the field after play had begun--took over...