Word: corde
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tulane University neurosurgeons described a simple and seemingly successful way of treating syringomyelia, an uncommon but hitherto baffling complaint in which a cyst forms in the spinal cord, gradually causing paralysis. The technique involves using a wire of the modern wonder metal, tantalum, to keep the cyst open and draining. Unlike materials previously used, tantalum does not change in the body or interfere with body tissues. Three living testimonials appeared at the New Orleans meeting...
...present, however, we must consider what is presently correct. In the Spring, seersucker and cord jackets are both practical and eminently proper. Of late, the inexpensive blue denim jackets have become quite popular. There are also sober tan or grey gabardine suits, and for more formal occasions or chilly evenings, the ever-dependable grey flannel is unspeakably proper...
...robbers were like automatons. Each knew his purpose. One disconnected the the alarm system, another ripped out of the ledger the record of the day's receipts, the other disarmed the befuddled and disbelieving Brink's men, then tied their hands and feet with 38 strips of sash cord, gagged them with adhesive tape...
...care of premature babies. Only the TV crew and newsmen saw the actual incision in Mrs. Kerr's abdomen and the quick, dramatic extraction of the full-term baby. The TV audience was cut in again just in time to see Gordon, already swabbed down, get his umbilical cord tied, his mouth drained of mucus and drops put in his eyes. Gordon's response: a lusty wail. For her pains, Mrs. Kerr got a $100 defense bond...
...record: the baby who gets the disease in the womb from a mother who has a smoldering, low-grade infection. The baby may be sick at birth, or not until a few weeks later. In either event, the tiny Toxoplasma invaders usually cause inflammation of the brain and spinal cord so severe that it is crippling if not fatal. (Later children of the same mother are believed to be safe because she develops antibodies...