Word: orthopedist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Because of Elizabeth's youth and the relatively good condition of the wound and leg, a hastily assembled surgical team under Orthopedist Gerald Wertlieb decided to try to rejoin the limb. Though hundreds of amputated fingers, hands and arms have been reattached, such operations on the leg are quite rare, with most successes reported by the Chinese...
...sprains; not to mention sundry bruises, abrasions, lacerations and concussions. "People should realize they simply cannot ask their bodies to do as much at age 30, 40 or beyond as they could at age 20," says Mount Sinai's Dr. Burton L. Berson, a New York City orthopedist who runs one of the many new sports-medicine clinics that have sprung up all over the U.S. to care for men and women wounded in the pursuit of health and happiness...
...vast majority of injuries result from what doctors call the "overuse syndrome"-trying to push the out-of-condition over-30 body too far too fast. Los Angeles Orthopedist Sonny Cobble says simply that weekend jocks as a class tend to suffer from "an acute case of simplemindedness. Most of us have a tendency to remember our youth." Dr. Marshall Rockwell, who together with several partners operates seven Los Angeles hospital emergency rooms, reports that a majority of weekend athletes are middle class and "tend to be quite competitive." Adds Braden: "It's almost like when they finally...
Alcoholic Solace. Dr. William J. Mills Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska, an orthopedist and consultant to the U.S. Army on cold-weather injuries, is a pioneer of the new therapy. Writing in Emergency Medicine, he describes a typical course of treatment. If the victim is still out in the field several hours away from professional help, says Mills, rescuers should quickly attempt to thaw the frostbitten part; one method is to tuck a frozen hand, say, under the rescuer's armpit. The temperature, in any case, should be about 100° F.; anything much higher than body temperature can cause...
...certain high-risk specialties, the increase was even more staggering. For example, Dr. Paul Muchnic, a Los Angeles orthopedist, found that his premiums had suddenly risen from $6,500 to $36,000 a year. He angrily announced that he was quitting his $65,000-a-year practice. Others have pulled up stakes and moved to other states where there are fewer malpractice suits, smaller judgments and thus more reasonable insurance rates...