Word: chests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...probably the only one in all Asia at the time. But thereafter, young Fred could never draw a carefree breath for fear that the machine that breathed for him might fail. And there was no hope of substantial recovery. His neck, back and arms were paralyzed; so were his chest and abdominal muscles. His left leg was 90% paralyzed; in his right he had a little movement...
...Operating Room D of Manhattan's New York Hospital, Surgeon-in-Chief Frank Glenn held a razor-sharp scalpel over the patient's chest and asked, "How is she?" Replied Chief Anesthesiologist Joseph Francis Artusio Jr.: "She's fine." Then Artusio addressed the patient: "Edna, can you hear me talking to you now?" She opened her eyes. "Edna, look over this way." She turned her head toward the sound of Dr. Artusio's voice...
Without more ado, Surgeon Glenn cut into the chest of Edna, 37, a housewife who had had rheumatic fever at 18 and was now suffering from scarring and narrowing of the mitral valve in her heart. As the scalpel made swift but precise cuts and laid bare a rib, Dr. Artusio asked: "Can you nod your head?" Edna nodded. Dr. Glenn lifted a pair of shears and snipped out the rib. Then he cut deeper, through the layers of the heart sac, until the pulsing organ itself was laid bare. He plunged his gloved finger into it and wiggled...
...distinct from local anesthesia, which is impractical for major chest surgery...
Faculty and students in the University have contributed more than $24,000 this fall to the Red Feather campaign, James R. Reynolds '23, Cambridge Community Chest Chairman, announced yesterday. This is 68 percent of the drive's goal...