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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...root of the trouble is a difference of medical opinion. There are many anesthetics, each with its pros & cons, from which a surgeon may choose. For abdominal operations, for example, some surgeons prefer a spinal anesthetic. Other surgeons avoid spinals because they entail a somewhat greater risk of complications (e.g., occasional paralyses, persistent headaches and other late effects) than anesthetic gases. Many patients prefer the new rectal anesthetics because they leave none of the aftereffects which ether usually produces. Some doctors contend that nearly all the unpleasant effects of ether (vomiting, nausea, etc.) can be avoided if the anesthetist...
...youngsters jam the ballroom; about 90% of the boys are in uniform. In private clubs (only in clubs can liquor be sold by the drink) business has doubled, and clanging slot machines often pay all a club's operating expenses. Unlike most cities, Seattle revelers bypass cancan shows, prefer jugglers, acrobats, assorted vaudeville acts with their alcohol...
...meaning: to vex. Yet it was not until World War II that the R.A.F. really got to know the gremlins. Then they learned that a female gremlin is a finella and that the babies are widgets. Flyers also learned that gremlins must always be referred to as them; gremlins prefer them to they or it or he and she because them conveys a feeling of the gremlin's immanence and nameless power...
...Army got around to making public last week something that its Aviation Cadets had known for months: its maximum dimensions for fighter pilots are 5 ft. 9 in. in bare feet, 170 Ib. on the scale. The Air Forces prefer candidates for fighter training who are a little smaller to start with. Fighter cockpits are built for nothing bigger...
When possible, gloves should be transparent: if workers cannot see their hands, they feel confined and prefer to work gloveless. Improper living outside working hours often precipitates a dermatosis and doctors are increasingly fretful over the zoot-suit-swing-shift aspect of war industry...