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...spreaders." A bridgelike gadget was clamped in place; with a few turns of the screw it spread the ribs six inches apart. The assistants cut deeper through the chest. "Lung retractors." The heaving lungs were pushed aside. Many more blood vessels were tied off. Bailey slit the heart sac almost from top to bottom, took quick stitches in it, left long threads which were clamped to the rib spreaders to hold the sac open...
...ingenious solution: into the aortic channel he introduces an additional valve made of plastic, with a floating ball which stops the backflow when the heart relaxes. (Such valves used to tick like a clock inside the patient, are now silent because the ball is covered with silicone rubber.) The gadget does not prevent all backflow but stops enough to keep most patients' hearts from being overloaded...
What kind of car will the U.S. buyer be getting in 1961? It will be lower, more powerful and more gadget-packed, predicted Paul Richard, automotive development manager for E. I. du Pont de Nemours last week, but not any heavier or longer. Engines, says Richard, will be stepped up from the present average of 227 h.p. to 280 h.p., "and some cars will offer in the vicinity...
...Alvarez has divided his time between electronics and nuclear physics, scoring a long series of scientific triumphs. He developed the proton linear accelerator, an important atomic tool, and he holds patents in radar and other branches of electronics. A crack weekend golfer, he invented an electronic golf-practice gadget, which uses a photo-electric eye to spy on the motion of the club. One of these he gave to President Eisenhower. He drives an impressive yellow Lincoln convertible, and he does not see why scientists should not be prosperous as well as famous...
...frame to reduce its overall height by 3 in. to 57.2 in. in some models. Buick's engines will go up another 45 h.p. to 300 h.p. on all models except the low-priced Special series, which gets a 25-h.p. boost to 255 h.p. One new gadget: a "safety minder" buzzer, which can be set to remind drivers when they hit the speed limit...