Word: esophagus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Raymond had recommended a thorough bronchoscopy as soon as Sandy was six months old. The examination, at Philadelphia's Chevalier Jackson Clinic, showed a rare malformation: the aorta (great artery) leading up from the heart normally passes in front of the esophagus (gullet) and trachea (windpipe). Sandy's aorta was divided and formed a ring around the two tubes. When food distended the gullet, the windpipe was squeezed...
Dividend. In Paris, Tex., when a nickel was removed from two-year-old Rebecca Ann Allen's esophagus, the doctor also found a penny...
Cardiospasm. People who have abnormal difficulty in swallowing (because of a spasm of the esophagus) are about like those who become hyperthyroid, but a little less...
...hamper the O.G.'s popularity. If it wasn't famed for singing, it had always held a reputation for its unquenchable jumbo and before the war, Houses would compete to chug-a-lug the fastest. Holding ten regular beer glasses, the jumbo provided a nightly chance to manipulate the esophagus against a stop-watch, and the takers were many. The present record is 2 min. 3 sec. and the contest is still open; but the jumbo is as big as ever. Interest has slackened a bit now the required deposit is up to $5 but the College thirst for beer...
Patient B.H., 65, had a cancer of the esophagus. He could swallow no solid food. After the fifth injection, he ate a chicken dinner...