Word: plastering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Treatment of a spinal patient begins with absolute rest for the back, usually in a plaster cast. Because the paralyzed legs are completely numb, patients commonly develop bed sores. The Newton D. Baker Hospital developed a quick cure: skin grafts. No less troublesome is the problem of getting patients to eat; the spinal injury destroys their appetite. The hospital spurs them on by serving especially tasty and attractive food...
...horse to win the Kentucky Derby, it would be the greatest parlay in history." Also be-Oscared: Ethel Barrymore, best supporting actress (None but the Lonely Heart); Margaret O'Brien, best child actress. Wartime note: Oscars, instead of the usual gold plate, were made of lacquered plaster...
While waiting for Dr. Silvis to finish, I walked back to the recovery tent. One man wore a plaster cast which covered him from toes to chest. His right arm had been amputated about six inches below the shoulder. He was the only amputation case in the ward, but one of the doctors said that there had been a lot in the past few days - several where two limbs had been lost, two cases where three limbs had been cut off. One of the latter had died after being evacuated...
Shepherd Hall, which stands, until April first, at 29, 31, and 33 Holyoke Street, has been one of the University's most secluded eyesores for some 65 years. A nest of old furniture, leaky radiators, creaking stairways, and falling plaster, it has been called home, for want of a better place, by Harvard liberal organizations, student publications, and the Network since time immemorial...
...Kiss Plaque"-a lifesize plaster wall decoration featuring the amorous heads of a man & woman...