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Word: pleural (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fracture of the base of the skull, with laceration of the fornix cerebri (white fibers connecting the brain's hemispheres); contusion of the frontal and temporal lobes; severe shock; fracture of nine ribs; pneumothorax (air in the pleural space around the lungs); hemothorax (blood in the same space); rupture of the pubic bone junction; fractures of the pubic, hip and haunch bones, and of the head of the left thigh bone; severe contusions of abdominal organs; rupture of the urinary bladder; paralysis of both arms and both legs; gradual failing of circulation, and gradual failing of breathing, apparently from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Rage to Live | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

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