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Word: lactobezoar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1963-1963
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...suffer nausea and diarrhea. The lumps have long baffled doctors; they have even been mistaken for kidney tumors, and hasty operations have been performed on the overfed patients. Doctors have now learned to identify the lumps by X ray, and a pair of Louisville physicians, describing the phenomenon of lactobezoar (hardened milk) in the A.M.A. Journal, report a nonsurgical method for dealing with the condition. The prescription is as simple as it is effective: switch to a formula of regular or skimmed milk and the lump will begin to dissolve. In a few weeks, all traces of trouble will vanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pediatrics: Danger in the Nursery | 7/5/1963 | See Source »

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