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Word: harefield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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These conclusions are supported by the British Medical Journal, in which surgeons describe four auto-accident cases seen at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex. In two of them the aorta was ruptured; in one, the injury was to the mitral valve, and in one the septum (wall) between two of the heart's chambers was torn. Only a decade ago, there would have been little hope for the victims, but that is no longer true. In all four cases surgery was successful-including two instances in which the aorta was patched with a Dacron graft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Auto Crashes and the Heart | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

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