Word: noma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...silver wristlets, hammered from antique forks into dazzling abstract shapes. Rings, too, are subject to the New Jeweler's wit, as with the illusory double ring by Elsa Peretti: worn only on the little finger, it extends across the ring finger, appearing to encircle both. At first glance Noma Copley's engagement ring appears to hold an ordinary solitaire complete with 58 facets. On closer examination, the "stone" turns out to be pure gold...
...unique. There are anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 children like him in South Viet Nam. Some are the direct casualties of deadly ordnance fired by both sides. Others are indirect victims, burned while trying to use jet fuel for cooking, scarred by a wasting sickness called noma which is brought on by malnutrition, or crippled by other diseases that might be brought under control during peacetime. But Lang is a little luckier than most. He is being treated at the Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Saigon, the only place in Viet Nam that can help large...
...CMR1 set up ten screening clinics in the provinces. The procedure of picking patients is a delicate one. Says Dr. John Champlin, 32, CMRl's former screening officer: "It's quite difficult to explain why you can help someone who's missing half his face from noma, but can't help someone who's paralyzed by polio. The medical distinction just isn't that clear to the people...