Word: parkinsonism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...friend of Novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes was having trouble explaining to her little granddaughter the story of the Nativity. "I don't understand why Mary and Joseph had to go to a stable," said the child. "Why didn't they go to Grandma...
Four sophomores will start in the line. They are Joe George at left tackle, left guard Ed Harding, center Mike Pritchard, and Ted Raymond, right tackle. Others in the line besides Evjy are senior Joe Stein at left end, Bill Parkinson, a junior, at right guard
With the exception of two other members of last year's squad, left and Joe Stein and right halfback Ray Henry, the entire first team is now. Tackles Joe George and Bill Raymond, guards Eddie Harding and John Parkinson, and center Mike Pritchard fill out the line...
...starting lineup this afternoon will consist of Joseph Stein, left end; Joseph George, left tackle; Edward handing, left guard; Michael Pritchard, center; J. Parkinson, right guard; Ted Raymond, right tackle; and Jack Evjy at right end. John Hennessey will be quarterback; Alton Steiner, left half; Dave Hoffman, fullback; and Ray Henry, right half...
Chemopallidectomy. An operation devised by Manhattan's Dr. Irving S. Cooper to relieve the uncontrollable tremor of Parkinson's disease. His earlier method (TIME, June 29, 1953), still risky and controversial, was to shut off one of the brain arteries. But many patients over 55 cannot tolerate this drastic technique, and it is among them that Parkinsonism is commonest. Now, Dr. Cooper works a plastic tube into the grey brain ball, injects procaine (which checks the tremor temporarily) to be sure he has reached the right spot, then injects absolute alcohol to do the job permanently...