Word: offing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Heartened by such new facilities for geriatric surgery, Dr. Toma says: "We hear and read so much about the ghastliness of old age, of the crippled and pain-racked bodies. I don't think much of this is necessary. I think we can do for the old-timers just...
The lifeguard who can't be bothered with sunglasses may look handsomer than his begoggled colleagues, but he is not the man to take the wheel during a moonlight drive. And the factory worker who tries to relax while squinting tearfully into the ocean glare may, as a result...
Dr. Robert H. Peckham, of Philadelphia's Temple University, got on the track of these findings during the war. As a Navy commander, he helped pick men for night-flying, spotting and gunnery duty. Servicemen at sea, or on sun-drenched coral islands, had to wear dark glasses in...
Last week, Dr. Peckham reported on follow-up studies made during two summers with lifeguards at Atlantic City. What he found convinced him that overexposure of the eyes to bright sunlight creates an alarming problem.
Individuals vary widely, Dr. Peckham found, but on an average, sensitivity to light at night is reduced by more than one-third after a day at the beach without sunglasses; in some cases it is reduced by nine-tenths. The loss in sensitivity cuts down night vision in a "logarithmic...