Word: germproof
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...More than 40 universities and other scientific institutions have already asked for samples of this fascinating material, but the panel thinks their pleas should be rejected. It insists that the potentially dangerous moonstuff must be carried in germtight containers and must be stored when it reaches the earth in germproof rooms where it can be handled by remote control...
Surgeon Scales suggests that air-cushion levitation may be helpful in human patients by 1) reducing shock, 2) preventing loss of fluids by oozing from wound or burn areas, 3) quickly creating a dry, germproof "shield" over the wound, and 4) avoiding bedsores. How well a human patient would take to living on an upended wind tunnel, he does not yet know...
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