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...with movements of the legs and hips. The doctor will feel around the abdominal area for tumors, which may be the real problem. He will also probe for pain around the kidneys and explore the rectum (purpose: to look for growths and check the condition of the coccyx, the lowermost four vertebrae, which are the evolutionary remnants of a tail). Finally the doctor will test the patient's reflexes with the time-honored taps on the knee and ankle, measure the muscles and test sensation with pinpricks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Aching Back! | 7/14/1980 | See Source »

...perform. Happily, though, David Sogg is an extraordinarily gifted musician. His tone is clear and pure, his technique marvelous. Few regard the bassoon as an exceptionally agile instrument, but Sogg demonstrated that it can be precisely that. The rapid passagework and the herioc leaps between the uppermost and lowermost registers were rendered with astounding lucidity. More importantly, his fine sense for the subtle lyricism of Mozart was obvious, especially in the second movement, and throughout the piece he allowed the music to express itself with such subtlety that it did not sound stale or trite. In short, his performance...

Author: By Forest L. Reinhardt, | Title: Victimized by Imbalance | 12/6/1978 | See Source »

Even drinking water is suspect. Researchers studying the New Orleans and Cincinnati water supplies found that chlorine, added to water to kill harmful bacteria, can combine with certain pollutants to form compounds that may cause cancer; cancer rates in the New Orleans area, which draws its water from the lowermost-and thus most polluted-part of the Mississippi, are among the highest in the nation. More carcinogens may soon be added to the environment. Studies have shown that the extraction of oil from shale and gas from coal-processes that could eventually be used on a large scale-produces polycyclic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Disease of The Century | 10/20/1975 | See Source »

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