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...shock fatalities among telephone linemen and the public. His work led him into medical research, and by 1933 he had proved that electrical shock could stop ventricular fibrillation-an often-fatal uncoordinated fluttering of the heart's pumping muscles. Kouwenhoven went on to develop the techniques: opening the chest, placing electrodes directly on the heart, and applying a brief jolt of electricity. Later, while experimenting with a nonsurgical method that involved placing the electrodes on the chest, he noticed that pressing down on the chest increased the patient's blood pressure. That observation led him to develop...
Kouwenhoven, whose wife is now using her third pacemaker, feels the same about Zoll, 62, who invented the device. The battery-powered pacemaker, which is implanted under the skin of the chest, emits tiny electrical impulses to stimulate the heartbeat. It is currently keeping some 90,000 Americans alive. Although batteries must be replaced every 18 to 36 months, requiring surgery each time, long-lasting nuclear-powered units have been developed and may soon be generally available (TIME, April 23). With Zoll at the awards ceremony last week was Mrs. Jeanne Rogers, 37, who is the first woman to give...
...made an off balance save of a Yale direct kick by Brazilian Henry Sherrill, the ball hit the top goal post and dropped straight down. Yale's Doug Billman pushed the rebound across the goal line with his body. The officials claimed Billman had bounced the ball off his chest but it appeared that the ball might have hit Billman's elbow...
...food inhalation shows symptoms that are easy to recognize, if a doctor or bystander knows what to look for. The hapless diner is suddenly unable to breathe, talk or cough. A panicky struggle may ensue, as he tears at the lower throat or upper chest. He quickly becomes blue in the face and collapses to the floor or into his plate. Without proper help, death-from lack of oxygen-occurs in four or five minutes...
...people up. Designers were all saying that this was going to be a very classic fall. You wouldn't have expected such fashions to catch on in a year like this." Saks is now planning a new boutique devoted to spangled goods that will be called "The Treasure Chest...