Word: lunge
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many industrial occupations have their own peculiar hazards. Coal miners are particularly susceptible to "black lung," or anthracosis, a disease caused by inhaling coal dust. Asbestos workers are known to develop cancer from breathing in asbestos particles. Now an outbreak of heart disease in a Wisconsin ammunition plant has brought out the fact that workers who handle nitroglycerin can develop a dangerous dependency on it. They can suffer heart pains and even death when denied exposure to the explosive...
...nation, have risen by 31% since 1966, mainly as a result of minimum-wage laws and unionization, and are reflected in the rising charges hospitals make for room and board. The introduction of modern medical equipment has also pushed the cost of medical care skyward. A heart-lung machine, for example, costs $17,000, and runs a hospital another $50,000 a year in maintenance...
Died. Glenda Farrell, 66, actress; of lung cancer; in Manhattan. Often cast as a tough babe with hair and heart of gold, Farrell began her screen career as a gangster's moll in the 1930 film classic Little Caesar. She went on to wisecrack her way through scores of Hollywood movies, including I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Gold Diggers of 1937 and the Torchy Blane series. Weary of being typecast, she made a deft transition in the 1950s to motherly roles on television and Broadway...
...required length. Then he sews it into place, first below and then above the obstruction. With the first graft in place, Effler repeats the procedure on the right coronary artery and checks to make sure that there is no leakage. This done, he disconnects the patient from the heart-lung machine, restarts the heart with a second electric shock and slips out of the operating room for a breather while an assistant cuts away the mammary artery. A few minutes later, Effler returns, implants that artery in the left ventricular wall and steps back so that his assistants can take...
...tell you," he warns a group of residents, "that if I ever find any one of you taking six hours for an uncomplicated case, you'll be looking for another appointment the same afternoon." His sense of urgency is understandable. The longer the patient stays on the heart-lung machine, the greater the damage to his blood cells and the higher the risk of postoperative problems...