Word: mals
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Conquest (CBS, 5-6 p.m.). Waves, both cranial and oceanic. Half the program consists of film clips from a six-hour job of brain surgery by a team of Johns Hopkins doctors that cured a patient of grand mal epilepsy; the other half describes the toll that the pounding ocean has taken from men, ships and seacoasts...
Left to perform without the chorus, the dancers alternated "show" and serious numbers. Amy Greenfield's "Jungle Drums" dance was easily the most spectacular feat of the evening. requiring amazing subtleties of rhythm and control. And "Le Petit Mal De La Jeunesse," a portrait of teenagers today, danced by Penny Carver, Elizabeth Theiler, and Tom Glick, took the entertainment honors. The trio slid, slunk, crumpled and twitched to the beat of a jazz ensemble and Mark Mirsky's narrative...
...Cortisone-type hormones stimulate peptic ulcers-despite combinations with antacids-sometimes to the point of perforation. Some patients experience extreme mood changes like the manic and depressive phases of manic-depressive psychosis. Especially in children, the hormones can touch off grand mal epilepsy; in oldsters, they may weaken the bones to the point of spontaneous fracture...
...Cycloserine, an antibiotic used against tuberculosis, has such a narrow safety margin that a slight overdose can cause grand mal seizures. It is also blamed for severe emotional reactions and is dangerous for patients with kidney damage...
...gulped Dramamine pills, borrowed folding chairs from a local funeral home, and perched their typewriters on anything handy-including loaded depth-charge cans-aboard a flotilla of seven Coast Guard boats. Nearly all escaped seasickness, although a CBS announcer in a blimp came down with a bad case of mal...