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...tumor was growing, has remained virtually inviolate. Nerves, arteries and other vital parts of the anatomy are all crammed into that small central sanctuary behind the nose and mouth. There they rise through openings in the floor of the skull and reach toward the brain above (see diagram). So complex is the collection of vital mechanisms, it has defied generations of neurosurgeons, and the young man seemed doomed...
...broadcasts color signals simultaneously, combining them into a composite signal for transmission and separating them again in the receiver. The French "SECAM," which stands for Séquentiel à Mémoire (sequence and memory), transmits colors alternately and meshes them with a memory device in each set (see diagram). The system is made by Compagnie Francaise de Télévision, which is owned fifty-fifty by glassmaking Saint-Gobain and C.S.F., France's largest electronics manufacturer. Germany's "PAL" (for phase alternating line) system, made by Telefunken, is an embellishment of the U.S. version...
...Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery, X rays taken after air and dye had been injected into the joint showed that the main trouble was on the inside. The medial meniscus, one of the two pads of cartilage that lie between the thigh and shinbone (see diagram), was torn and rolled back in a tight wad. This explained why Namath had not been able to straighten his leg completely: just as a folded newspaper stuck between a door and its jamb will keep the door ajar, so the ball of cartilage kept Na-math's knee hinge from...
...diagram on Mars Encounter in the Dec. 11 issue of TIME appears to be in error. Mars and the point of encounter with Mariner need to be shifted around...
...outer part of the transplanted human cornea can be left in place, cloudy as it is. Dr. Stone removes most of the thickness in the center, and sets in place a narrow, artificial cornea made of polymethyl methacrylate surrounded by a Teflon skirt (see diagram). The very center of the device is threaded so that it can be moved in or out to adjust its optical characteristics. And if the patient should need further major surgery, the plug can be unscrewed all the way, giving the surgeon direct access to the inside of the eyeball. As for the inside, where...