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By week's end more than 2,500 people were dead in the worst industrial disaster the world has known. At least 1,000 more were expected to die from the fumes in the next two weeks; some 3,000 remained critically ill. In all, 150,000 people were treated...
A more hopeful diagnosis was provided by William Brown, associate professor of biological sciences at Carnegie-Mellon University. Both respiratory ailments and blindness in people exposed to low levels of the gas will, said Brown, "go away. A chemical reaction is taking place in which the molecules of isocyanate will...
MIC reacts quickly with water, and can easily be absorbed through the skin or inhaled. It causes moist human tissues like lung interiors to swell and the eyes to develop cataracts. Victims can suffocate because MIC causes the lungs to fill with fluid, and they can suffer liver damage and...
From the moment it was learned that William Schroeder would become the second man to receive a permanent artificial heart, TIME Correspondent Barbara Dolan became a kind of paramedic-in-training, reading literature about the operation and the man who performed it, Dr. William DeVries. She sought second, third, even...
The first real drama of the day came about an hour after surgery when Schroeder was suddenly jolted into consciousness and, terrified by all the activity around him, tried to bolt from the bed. Doctors restrained him and increased his sedation. Five hours later they confronted a more serious problem...