Word: septum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There appears to be no question of boxing ever being refused a minor letter as a mere safety precaution. In Harvard's intercollegiate history, with almost no special protective equipment required by the N.C.A.A., the total injuries amounted to: 15 hurt thumbs, 1 cut, 1 deviated septum, I sprained ankle (in practice), and zero broken noses...
...gregis, iterum aestuat! Musae quidem Plautinae alto de caelo Cantabrigiam descenderunt; Risus Ludus Iocusque ubique vigescunt. Tempestas nobis arridet. O ver Plautinum! O collegium Harvardianum, nuper modestum morum bonorum praesidium, nunc vividum alacris motus gymnasium! Cavete igitur vos decani decanulique--"non intret Cato theatrum meum"--nec non vos, o septum novi homines qui ad spinosam Lapparum tutelam elevati estis. Quae enim saga Radcliffiensis, quis magus Harvardianus pollenti pectore nunc praesentire potest quam mira et magna Plautus et Bacchus et fervidus ille puer et solutis Gratiae zonis in campo et area nostria iamiam effecturi sint? Nam hac in fabula Plautina...
However, Falk has not swum yet this year, because of a septum operation; he expects to be back in action some time next week...
...technique for closing an opening in the heart's septum was standard; what was new was the freezing to slow the circulation and give the surgeons more time. The idea came to the Hahnemann surgeons after years of working on an artificial heart-lung machine. They could not get it to do the whole job of carrying a patient's circulation and oxygenating his blood. They reasoned that if they could cut down the body's demand for blood by lowering its temperature, the machine might be adequate. Then it dawned on them: perhaps the low temperature...