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...long century since Raynaud's disease was described by the French physician for whom it is named, the medical profession has learned little about either its cause or any possible cure. Its symptoms remain naggingly familiar. The victim is usually a ma ture woman, who first notices the trou ble in her 20s. The slightest chill can slow her peripheral circulation until her hands, feet, the tip of her nose and the edges of her ears turn blue and ache excruciatingly from oxygen shortage...
They should have known better. Most people who play Russian roulette have better luck than Koufax. In 1962 he was laid up with a circulatory ailment called Raynaud's Phenomenon. It might have affected any of ten fingers, but it settled in the left index finger, the one that controls the curve. So much for that season. Sandy won 25 games in 1963, figured to do even better last year, when he picked up his 19th in August. If only he hadn't jammed his left elbow sliding into base...
...achievement belonged to Pitcher Sandy Koufax, 28, who, in his nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has known his share of trouble. Only last year, a mysterious circulatory ailment called Raynaud's Phenomenon almost caused doctors to amputate the forefinger on his pitching hand.* But this year Koufax won 25 games, lost only five, set a record with 306 strikeouts, and was the key man in the Dodgers' drive to the National League pennant. Yet all that seemed nothing compared to last week...
Then Koufax's luck went sour. The index finger of his pitching hand turned white and numb; layers of skin began to peel off. Doctors decided he had Raynaud's Phenomenon, a circulatory ailment resulting from a blood clot in his palm. Unable even to grip a baseball properly, Koufax did not win another game all year...
...court recessed, taking with it a few bottles of Raynaud's concoction. Last week the judge gave the court's verdict unhesitatingly: "The buyers of this product have not been deceived . . . The perfume has real value; it emits suave and persistent odors. And, by the way. its price is not excessive." A broad smile broke over Raynaud's serious face...