Word: braining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Invisible Damage. Many neurologists are now convinced that whiplash, without a direct blow on the head and leaving no scratch on the skull, may nevertheless cause bruises and hemorrhages in the brain...
...more that doctors learn about head injuries, the more concerned they are that not nearly enough is being done to protect accident victims from the long-lasting, possibly paralyzing or fatal effects of insidious brain damage. The main reason is that gross injuries to the brain often go undetected and even unsuspected...
...newer detection methods is echoencephalography, working on the same principle as sonar. When sound waves are bounced in and out of the head and converted into a light pattern, the neurologist can see whether the brain has been shoved to one side by blood or a clot. Injections of radiopaque dye also help X rays to show whether arteries have been displaced or damaged enough to deprive part of the brain of its blood supply. Even using these techniques, doctors do not always discover everything...
...researchers produced whiplash injuries in monkeys. A compressed-air gun, fired behind the animals' heads, created the snap movement. The monkeys had been anesthetized before the test, and then were killed painlessly before they could recover consciousness. Autopsies showed that whiplash bruised some of the animals' brains, caused swelling and hemorrhaging. In several cases, it also injured nerve centers in the brain stem that are important in controlling heartbeat, circulation and breathing...
...played with deft, dry precision by Actor Michael Caine, who looks a bit like Peter O'Toole with most of the psychological kinks ironed out. Insubordinate and often insufferable, he is assigned to recover a kidnaped British scientist held by criminals who contribute to the nation's "brain drain" by snatching and selling top scientific talent to foreign powers...