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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doctors are also considering the new drug myanesin (TIME, July 12), and may suggest crushing one of the patient's phrenic nerves (TIME, Jan. 27, 1947) to stop the spasms of the diaphragm that cause the hiccups. Miss Lucas, whose weight has dropped from 129 Ibs. to 85, is willing to try almost anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Cure Hiccups | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...Myanesin, a new synthetic drug developed from glycerin, relaxes muscles of patients during operations. Since last September the drug's developer, Dr. Frank M. Berger, has been working with Dr. R. Plato Schwartz to find new uses for the drug. If it relaxes muscles during operations, the doctors reasoned, would it also work on muscles tied up by disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Forward Steps | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

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