Word: diaphragms
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...operation takes an expert. Unless all the nerve fibers are cut, it does not work. And surgeons have begun to argue fiercely about whether it is better to cut the nerves above or below the diaphragm. Another complication: cutting the vagus reduces the stomach's ability to eliminate food, and further operations may be necessary to remedy that defect...
...Administration hospital in Louisiana, had flown to New York City (by special permission of President Truman, to whom the patient had appealed) to perform this emergency operation. (He had halted an attack, three years ago, by cutting her left phrenic nerve.) The cutting stops uncontrollable hiccups by disconnecting the diaphragm from nervous impulses that cause its convulsions...
...Hiccups are spasms of the diaphragm resulting from irritation of the phrenic nerves. Causes: swallowing something hot, or any one of a wide variety of diseases. In minor cases, holding the breath, breathing in a paper bag (to get carbon dioxide), sneezing, salt and lemon juice or a teaspoon of whiskey may be effective...
HICCUPS. Persistent, exhausting hiccups can be stopped cold by a novocaine injection that temporarily paralyzes the diaphragm...
...suffering from severe stomach and intestinal ulcers have submitted during the past three years to a revolutionary operation for their disorder. Its discoverer: Dr. Lester Reynold Dragstedt, gentle, stooped professor of surgery at the University of Chicago Medical School. His operation: opening the patient's chest above the diaphragm, cutting the two vagus nerves where they lead to the stomach and intestines...