Word: braine
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Linus Pauling's newest speculation [May 3], "orthomolecular psychiatry," brings forth all kinds of new hope for humanity. When one begins to feel schizophrenic, a simple shot in the brain might replace hours of psychotherapy and shock treatment. In fact, his theory is so good that the only disadvantage I can see is that he might be putting his son, Dr. Linus Pauling Jr., a prominent Honolulu psychiatrist, out of business...
...million motor vehicles add 230,000 tons of carbon monoxide (52% of smog) and other lethal gases, which then form ozone and peroxyacetyl nitrate that kill or stunt many plants, ranging from orchids to oranges. Tetraethyl lead in auto exhausts affects human nerves, increasing irritability and decreasing normal brain function. Like any metal poison, lead is fatal if enough is ingested. In the auto's 70-year history, the average American's lead content has risen an estimated 125-fold, to near maximum tolerance levels. Arctic glaciers now contain wind-wafted lead...
...Barnard's first operation in Cape Town last December. "At first," says his wife Eileen, "I was shocked by the idea. But time and the knowledge of how desperately my husband wanted the operation made me realize that it might be his only chance to live." When a brain-injured donor, a man of 43, died in Stanford Medical Center, Shumway implanted the heart in a 41-hour operation. (The donor's kidneys were used in two other transplants...
...computerized dialing equipment. Down in the corner of the drawing, a miniature repairman informs Punk: "This strike may not work. That machine is a scab." Oliphant admits to using this slightly puerile device to lure the comic-strip readers to his cartoon. "It's a form of brain washing," he says...
...individual, Pauling does not pretend to know. It will take a massive research effort over many years to find out, and to find out whether such mental illnesses as schizophrenia can be prevented or effectively treated as a result. But Pauling already has a resounding name for his brain child: "orthomolecular psychiatry," or giving the brain the right molecules in the right amounts...