Word: metalized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This simplification of a difficult operation was reported last week by Manhattan's Mt. Sinai Hospital. It was the first use in so delicate an operation of the "metal locator" that' helped surgeons extract pieces of shrapnel from the wounded at Pearl Harbor (TIME, Jan. 19, 1942). Although simpler and quicker than X ray, the locator (which is attached to a sensitive ammeter) had hitherto been considered too crude for such fine work. The assistant who helped the Mt. Sinai surgeon use the instrument was its inventor Manhattan Subway Engineer Samuel Berman...
...orthopedic wards, head and spine wards, malaria, abdominal wound and dysentery wards. At his ward a patient is undressed, put in pajamas. His clothes, except for his shoes, helmet and gas mask, are stored away in a labeled bag. After that, he is X-rayed to find whatever metal he is carrying inside him, or the extent of his hurt. Then he is given what dressings and surgery he needs. As soon as a patient's condition warrants moving, he is sent to a hospital farther to the rear...
...large groups the Navy avoids the problem by using chalices, which are made of metal, divided into two parts. One side holds wafers; the other side holds wine...
...Last November, WPB banned metal springs for use in living-room furniture and beds. Goose and duck feathers were next to go. In March, new furniture patterns were prohibited. The use of metal joinings is limited. Then, last month, existing furniture patterns were ordered cut two-thirds. Wood was scarce as metal...
Last January, the Tennyson committee's first skeleton-simple, material-&-labor-saving Utility Furniture was on sale: 45 designs of 17 essential pieces. Wood was used only for legs, struts and supports. Metal was allowed only for bedsprings. All flat surfaces were made of a compressed wood fiber ⅛ inch thick called hardboard...