Word: offing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three of the four patients had had no relapses or reinfections since their history-making treatment with penicillin. The fourth had had reinfections, but had been cured again. Concluded Dr. Arnold: "These four men have all married, have children, and have taken a respectable place in the life of the...
Because the risks are generally considered too great, most surgeons shy away from operating on old people. So when Manhattan-born, European-trained (University of Budapest) Dr. John Toma was appointed attending surgeon for the 500 residents of two California homes for old folks, he knew that his job would...
Last week, summing up the work of two years, Dr. Toma (rhymes with coma) had remarkable success to report in surgery upon patients from Methodist-sponsored Pacific Home and Claremont Manor, in Los Angeles County. In more than 50 operations on men & women "up to 100 years" he had lost...
Dr. Toma uses no special technique on the oldsters. Examples of the notable surgery he has performed: a 2½-hour diaphragmatic hernia operation on a 76-year-old patient, a 1½-hour rectal cancer removal on an 82-year-old woman. He has also nailed a hip fracture...
Surgeon Toma has done his operations at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, some distance from the homes. Next month a new 59-bed, $500,000 hospital at Pacific Home will be dedicated by Governor Earl Warren and U.C.L.A.'s Provost Clarence Dykstra. Built by the contributions of the wealthy residents of...