Word: corneas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amiable monsters, as shapelessly alike as two corpulent snails, seem to be engaged in a contest to see who can stick his long-stemmed eyeballs farthest out of his head. Morley, as the monarch who "talks to trees [and] mixes paint with his feet," is the winner by a cornea...
This is an extension of the plan for cornea, bone and artery banks, to which individuals may bequeath parts of their bodies. While the law has not interfered with these in the U.S., many state courts have held that a man cannot use his will to dispose of his entire remains. If a relative objected, no medical school would risk public disapproval by seeking to enforce such a will. In nine states,* however, laws have been passed specifically permitting these bequests. Georgia School of Medicine has received only one body in five years as a result of this provision...
Meanwhile, Charles I. Maidanick '56, who was seriously injured in Friday's accident, is reported in good condition at Massachusetts General Hospital. He still has a piece of glass lodged in the cornea of his left eye, however, and can do no more with that organ than detect light and darkness...
Charles I. Maidanick '56, the most seriously injured, was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where doctors worked for two hours removing pieces of glass imbedded in his face. One of the pieces, lodged in the cornea of his left eye, could not be extricated at the time...
...Honor Major General William F. Dean, 54, brushing aside rumors that he might retire ("I'm not an old man yet"), flew from his California home to Washington for reassignment and a minor eye operation. Korean dirt, dust and wind had caused a skin growth on the cornea of his left eye. It began two months before the Communists captured him, he said. "You can't blame the Reds...