Word: komei
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Although the operation was developed in Japan 20 years ago, Dr. Overholt, whose Overholt Thoracic Clinic is one of the world's most distinguished centers for treatment of chest diseases, heard of the technique only in 1957. Then, a visiting Japanese physician described work done by Professor Komei Nakayama of Chiba University during World War II's blackout on international reporting of scientific advances. A huskily built, aggressive and imaginative surgeon, Dr. Nakayama reasoned that earlier operations on asthma patients had been based on mistaken theories of how human nerve networks function. He concluded that a minute organ...