Word: lunge
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Miller's first effort at reform inside the union came in 1969 when he organized the Black Lung Organization. The organization consequently persuaded Joseph Yablonski to run for the presidency of the union on reform ticket...
Died. John H. Gibbon Jr., 69, the cardiac surgeon who developed the first heart-lung machine successfully used on a human patient; of an apparent heart attack while playing tennis; in Philadelphia. Gibbon spent 19 years perfecting the device that could take over heart and lung functions during heart surgery. In its first application to a human in 1953, the device worked perfectly for 26 minutes, permitting Gibbon to repair a hole in the heart of an 18-year-old girl. She survived, and Gibbon's achievement opened the way to a variety of heart operations, including transplants...
...procedure, called deep hypothermia, was first tried in 1951. It did not come into wide use at that time because the development of the heart-lung machine provided a means for keeping the blood circulating while surgery was performed. In infants, however, use of the heart-lung machine throughout an operation raises two serious problems. The device can damage blood cells that an ill baby cannot afford to lose. It also requires several clamps and connections that crowd the already tiny area in which the surgeon works. Therefore hypothermia was revived in Japan in 1964 and at the University...
...surgical part of the five-hour procedure took only 31 minutes and was uncomplicated. Making a tiny incision in the heart, Replogle sewed a dime-sized patch of Dacron cloth over the hole. After the incision was closed, he hooked Oliver up to a heart-lung machine for the first time; it pumped warm blood through his body and washed the potassium out of the heart tissue. The effect was immediate. Oliver's heart began to beat slowly, then gained momentum; within 30 minutes the beat was back to normal...
Died. Albert Glen ("Turk") Edwards, 65, bruising 260-lb. offensive and defensive tackle for the old Boston Redskins (later the Washington Redskins) from 1932 to 1940; of emphysema and lung cancer; in Kirkland, Wash. Edwards' aggressive pursuit of opposition quarterbacks and ball carriers helped his team to three championships. Later he served as Redskins' head coach for two seasons and in 1969 was elected to the football Hall of Fame...