Word: mistakenness
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...Chicago, a mistaken diagnosis in an emergency room led to the death of a 15-year-old girl last November. Sent to Cook County Hospital with a physician's note that read "Poss. acute appendicitis," the girl, mistakenly diagnosed as having VD, was given a penicillin shot and instructed to seek help at a clinic. She died of gangrenous appendicitis within 24 hours...
There is a widely-held belief among tennis players that playing squash ruins their game. Three superstars from Harvard's squash team hope to prove that notion mistaken...
...first concern is that some students have the mistaken notion that the College is a haven which will shelter them from the drug laws," Seymour said...
...Turner Joy and one man aboard Maddox did report seeing silhouettes of a ship, and sailors said they saw a searchlight stab momentarily through the darkness. There were also sonar reports of as many as 22 torpedoes, though critics of the Pentagon pointed out that a sonarman may have mistaken the sound made by the engine of his vessel for torpedoes...
...Beyond this there are specialized programs of exercise under the careful direction of experts. Whatever the exercise, the experts agree that it must be consistent-not just for weeks or months or years, but for life. In a familiar pattern, many Americans start by doing too much in the mistaken hope of doing better. Exercise should lead to exhilaration, not to exhaustion or pain. Back aches, slipped disks and lumbago can affect people who overdo the famous Royal Canadian Air Force exercises. Even joggers can ask for trouble. "The distance some of them go scares me," says Dr. Richard Morrison...