Word: heatons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President slept through most of Saturday-while the eyes of the U.S. and the world focused on his hospital room. In the early afternoon came the fullest explanation of exactly what had happened. Chaperoned by Jim Hagerty, Surgeon Heaton and two other doctors filed into the Walter Reed conference room. Surgeon Heaton, cool and calm in a fresh summer suit, spoke slowly and distinctly, pacing himself by watching the pencils of newsmen. He read a formal report, then used a blackboard diagram to explain further...
...Heaton was asked what the diseased area of the President's intestine had looked like. Said he: "Markedly contracted, inflamed and had the consistency of a hard rubber hose." Questioned more closely about the President's future, he estimated that Ike would remain in the hospital about 15 days, then rest up in a place of his own choosing, resume his full duties in from four to six weeks. He was asked if the President's life expectancy had been affected. Said Heaton: "We certainly don't think so." Added Dr. Howard Snyder: "We think...
Facing the press after his hard night's work, Surgeon Heaton was confident about the President's chance for a full recovery. That chance is indeed good. Perhaps 15%, not more than 35%, of ileitis patients who undergo surgery later have recurrences, sometimes requiring further operations. Ike's prospects are indicated by the remarkable vitality that enabled him to snap back so successfully after his heart attack...
Morrison was taken to Heaton Hospital, Montpolier, where an emergency operation was performed. His wife, a graduate nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, assisted in the operation. He died of a fractured skull at 6 p.m., three and one-half hours after the accident occurred...
...Heaton Nicholls' plan is for a federal South Africa, split int01) a Boer Republic in Transvaal, Orange Free State and part of Cape Province, 2) a British dominion in Natal and the rest of the Cape. Fire-eating veterans of the anti-Malan Torch Commando back Nicholls to the hilt, but the leaders of the Opposition United Party call his scheme "preposterous," and declare that a British attempt at secession might risk a second Boer...