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Word: latex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...eaten away by cancer, cannot always have new ones made of flesh-&-blood grafts. At the Mayo Clinic, Dr. Arthur H. Bulbulian, a trained sculptor, molds artificial noses and ears so rosy and translucent that only an eagle eye can spot them as fakes. Dr. Bulbulian uses "prevulcanized liquid latex," a creamy rubber compound, which can be tinted delicately before it hardens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctors' Fair | 6/24/1940 | See Source »

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