Word: mg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never been west of the Mississippi. I thought San Francisco seemed like the promised land. Finally I would find out about the legendary west coast. The minute I got there the whole myth began to materialize. There were my sister and her husband, both deeply tanned, waiting in their MG. I climbed into the back, and we sped through South San Francisco into the city. Fortunately, it was dark, so I didn't see the heavy industry or the huge sign painted on rocks and set into a dull green hill, saying, "Welcome to South San Francisco...
...pharmacist at Chester A. Baker, Inc., in Holyoke Center said yesterday that there are no governmental restrictions on the purchase of Vitamin C. A bottle of 100 500-mg. pills sold...
...palm-size pacemakers, developed by the ARCO Nuclear Co. of Leechburg, Pa., with a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission, use no batteries. They contain 400 mg. of the radioactive isotope plutonium 238. As it decays, the plutonium generates heat. That raises the temperature of a thermocouple system, which converts the heat to electrical power for the pacemaker. The device is similar to the nuclear pacemaker inserted in a French patient in 1970 and now used by 24 Americans. Both pacemakers are expected to operate for at least ten years. That is long enough to make the previous chest operation...
...shot was a heart-stopping 200 mg. of morphine injected directly into a vein. Both Mrs. Postma and her husband are doctors in The Netherlands, and she knew exactly how to give the injection. The matter could have ended there; at 79, the old lady might well have died without arousing any suspicion. But Dr. Postma, who has a reputation as a woman of principle, went to the director of the old-age home, explained what had happened and asked him to sign the death certificate. Instead, he called the police. When they failed to act against the popular doctor...
...drug's effects on the body can, in fact, be deadly. Most doctors prescribe methaqualone in capsules of 150 mg. to 300 mg., one of which should be enough to put the average adult to sleep. But drug abusers are not content with such tame dosages. Their usual pattern is to take two or more, and then wash them down with a few pints of beer...