Word: paines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years ago, all three of his heldentenors suddenly came down with colds at the same time. Rather than cancel a sold-out performance of Tristan and Isolde, he cajoled each tenor into singing one act apiece. When Bing decides that an aging singer should retire, he eases the pain with a line he has polished to perfection: "Wouldn't you rather have your public say, 'Already?' than 'At last!' " Of course, if the singer won't take the hint, Bing will fire him without batting...
...Chemistry of Visions. Physicians have long suspected that even the visions of religious mystics were the result of some change in body chemistry brought on by self-hypnosis, pain, breath control, or intense hunger. Pahnke and Richards suggest that drug-induced mystical experiences may have a profound therapeutic effect on the subjects. Those who experience such releasing of their intuitive unconscious claim "increased personality integration, greater sensitivity to the authentic problems of other persons, responsible independence of social pressure." They sense "deeper purposes in life, lose their anxiety of death and guilt...
...manner of diseases have been indicted. One writer suggested that colic comes from "bouncing the baby" too much. Another said that it is due to the father's smoking when he gets home, and a third thought that crybabies are simply malingering, that they are actually in less pain than they pretend. Many psychiatrists favor the theory that maternal anxiety can cause colicky offspring. Unfortunately, concludes the B.M.J., most of the suggestions hold less water than a diaper...
Stories inevitably spread about miraculous cures effected by the acacia's water. A blind woman said her sight was restored after the acacia's liquid was poured into her eyes. Open sores on a child's face were reported washed away. Arthritic pain and lung congestion apparently disappeared after sufferers drank the fluid. Soon busloads of visitors were arriving at the Morse property from as far away as San Antonio and Monterrey, Mexico...
People who suffer from the sudden, sharp chest pains called angina pectoris usually carry nitroglycerin pills or amyl nitrite for quick, dramatic relief. The frightening spasms commonly occur in long-standing heart disease patients when they exercise or are exposed to cold weather. But what is the victim to do if the pain strikes and he has forgotten his pill? A report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine suggests an effective emergency treatment: when an attack takes place, hold the nose, close the mouth and blow...