Word: rectum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...studies of 156 patients at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson. The patients had advanced cancers, usually of the lung, breast, colon and rectum, that could no longer be treated by standard methods. Laetrile was given intravenously for 21 days, then orally three times daily...
...Lying on the table, the patient will probably be made to continue the gymnastics with movements of the legs and hips. The doctor will feel around the abdominal area for tumors, which may be the real problem. He will also probe for pain around the kidneys and explore the rectum (purpose: to look for growths and check the condition of the coccyx, the lowermost four vertebrae, which are the evolutionary remnants of a tail). Finally the doctor will test the patient's reflexes with the time-honored taps on the knee and ankle, measure the muscles and test sensation...
...become 'Linda Lovelace" voluntarily." (Ms., May 1980, p.73) She describes her entrapment into prostitution, repeated beatings and raping: "guns being put to her head, turning tricks while being watched through a peephole to make sure she couldn't escape, and having a garden hose jammed up her rectum and turned on if she refused to offer such amusements as exposing herself in restaurants and to passing drivers on the highway." Like many prostitutes and battered wives, she feared running away would endanger her life and those of her friends...
...Examination of the rectum and colon with a sigmoidoscope, previously called for annually for people over 40, is now suggested every three to five years (after two negative tests a year apart) in those over 50. The A.C.S. recommendation for digital rectal examinations every year from age 40 on remains unchanged...