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Word: nidelven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...history goes back to March of 1962 when five-year-old Roger Arntsen slipped into Trondheim's ice-choked Nidelven River. By the time Dr. Tone Dahl Kvittingen (pronounced Quitting-un) arrived, the boy was apparently dead. His skin was blue-white, his pupils were widely dilated, and though the policeman who had hauled him from the water had made an attempt at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Roger had not responded because his mouth and windpipe were clogged with vomit. Worst of all, the Nidelven is a fresh-water river. And fresh water, when inhaled into the lungs, does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Therapy: Life After Drowning | 5/31/1963 | See Source »

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