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Scott Wilson of Boca Raton, Fla. , was "as close to being dead as he could be without being dead," according to Surgeon Frank Veith of Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. Wilson, 25, a landscaper and father of four, was spraying weeds with the herbicide paraquat on Aug. 30...
Nobody would say Lauda lost his nerve. "Desire" is the right word. In a fearful and fiery 1976 crash in Germany, Lauda's helmet had been ripped off, his left ear burned off, his lungs seared; he was given the last rites. Six weeks later he drove again, and...
Prince Felix Yusupov believed he was saving Holy Russia too, when, after midnight on Dec. 17, 1916, he lured Rasputin to his palace and fed him cream cakes laced with cyanide. When the poison failed to take effect, the prince shot him. Left for dead on the floor, Rasputin opened...
A 28-year-old Jamaica Plain resident was stabbed Monday afternoon at the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard's research and botanical gardens. Alice Bodnar was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors removed one of her lungs and gave her at least 30 pints of blood. Peter S. Ashton, director of...
Heart and Lung Damage. Like heavy cigarette smoking, chronic heavy marijuana use may lead to cancer of the respiratory tract and seriously impair the lungs. It can raise the heart rate and blood pressure, as does stress. Such effects are serious for people who suffer from hypertension, cerebrovascular disease and...