Word: incisional
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During the day, the patient simply plugs up the inconspicuous little breathing tube in the incision−thus assuring normal speech. He usually can conceal the surgical paraphernalia by wearing a turtleneck sweater. At night the plug is removed, and only a few days or so after the operation, nocturnal...
Pulsating Artery. Although helped by his wife Sheryl and fellow students -who read aloud to him from medical texts-Hartman had moments of doubt. Once, in a physiology lab, he passed out while feeling the pulsating artery of an unconscious dog. Later he performed a tracheotomy-an incision into the...
As the defense has repeatedly argued, when a 17-year-old woman entered Boston City Hospital in late September 1973 requesting an abortion, Edelin observed the law regarding his practice--as far as the law went. Edelin determined that it was legal for him to perform the abortion after estimating...
Thrones and Colossi. To move from the grand volumes and rhythmical, steely incision of these Tlingit house posts and Eskimo masks into the world of American neoclassical sculpture is to shift to provincialism. It is also to descend from necessity into sentiment, and, in a sense, from confidence into anxiety...
If the frostbitten tissue swells severely and blood flow is blocked, Mills sometimes makes a surgical incision to relieve pressure. But he warns his fellow doctors against more drastic measures, especially premature amputation. "Keep your hands off," he says sternly, "and don't be discouraged by the appearance of...