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...Hyperhydrosis-excessive sweat-iness-of the palms may not seem like a major medical problem, but those who suffer from a clammy grip can find the condition both annoying and embarrassing. Antiperspirants provide only temporary relief; radiation, which some physicians use to destroy sweat glands, may cause dangerous skin conditions. Now Dr. Donald Dohn of the Cleveland Clinic reports that a safe and effective remedy has been developed; patients with serious cases of hyperhydro-sis have been cured by surgery. The operation, called an upper thoracic sympathectomy, is performed by making an incision in the side of the neck...
...mountain man, one of a rare, rough breed that wandered the unexplored West of the early 19th century, living off the land, doting on danger and craving solitude. Mountain men like Johnson became the greater part beast after a while. Their survival depended almost solely on their read iness to adopt such skills and senses as are usually called animalistic...
...every one of Loewinsohn's poems stops as ??? as a motorcycle on a dime. Some details are ???palpable as chunks of gristly meat: "a high ???ing/ of that attentuated stream of urine/ ???st the porcelain." Other details hang with the ???iness of hot air: "The sink full of dishes. ??? will have to be washed...
...fortnight ago in his specialty, switched to the discus at the West Coast Relays and beat World Record Holder Fortune Gordien with a toss of 184 ft. 1½ in. Only two men have tossed the discus farther: Gordien and Olympic Record Holder Sim Iness. ¶At Indianapolis, qualifying for the Memorial Day 500-miler, Jack McGrath set a new record for the four-lap (ten miles) sprint of 141.033 m.p.h. Old (1952) record: 139.034 m.p.h., set by the late Chet Miller. ¶ In Moscow, World Champion Chess Player Mikhail Botvinnik, 43, retained his title after a long (24 games...
...National A.A.U. championships. Among the featured performers: California's Parry O'Brien, 21, who had established two successive world records for shot-putting in the past few weeks with heaves of 59 ft. ¾ in. and 59 ft. 2⅜ in.; California's Sim Iness, 22, who broke the world discus record a fortnight ago with a toss of 190 ft. | in.; Kansas' Wes Santee, 21, who last month ran the fastest mile in U.S. history (4:02.4)* None of these heroes bettered his own best last week, but just as the crowd started to drift...