Word: healed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Besides stopping bleeding (by reacting with blood to form tiny clots inside the sponge), gelatin has two important surgical advantages over conventional gauze pads: 1) it helps wounds heal, 2) it can be left in the body, because it is absorbable.* Said Dr. Jenkins: the new material should make possible heart and cancer operations hitherto all but ruled out because of the great loss of blood...
...Wrap him up, feed him well, let him heal...
After a vagus operation, ulcers heal rapidly, the stomach quiets down and the patient leaves the hospital within twelve days. At Massachusetts General Hospital, Surgeon Francis D. Moore reported that vagotomy is especially effective for young or middle-aged men with a long history of peptic ulcers. Nonetheless, Drs. Dragstedt, Moore, et al., advise the operation only after diet and other treatments have failed. For nervous stomachs and the "tensions and strains of modern life," says Dr. Dragstedt, preventive psychoanalysis may be better than nerve-cutting...
Last week one of the leading authorities on burns poured all these down the drain and reported that burns specialists now agree on much simpler methods. His recommendation: just wrap up the patient, feed him well and let him heal...
Explanation: a wart is a virus growth which has a tendency over a period of months to heal itself. By suggestion, it is possible to stimulate circulation of the blood; the increased blood flow in the warty area accelerates spontaneous healing...