Word: septum
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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...
...subject is seated and an attendant holds the head tilted backward about 45°. This is the usual position for a nasal examination. A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate. If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn. The bulb is squeezed the number of times required to introduce i cc. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried out on the opposite side of the nose...
...prescribed the method of administering this: "The subject is seated and an attendant holds the head tilted backward about 45°. This is the usual position for a nasal examination. A speculum is introduced into the nostril and under direct vision the spray tip is inserted upward along the septum until definitely past the middle turbinate. If it impinges on the roof of the nose it is slightly withdrawn. The bulb is squeezed the number of times required to introduce ice. of solution. This amount completely covers the olfactory area. A similar procedure is then carried out on the opposite...
...upon a stone and gone unconscious for a short time. Then he walked home. Apparently there were no after results. But for years his scalp had felt tender. In adult life he had had typhoid, acute rheumatism, labyrinthine deafness, pneumonia five times, influenza, chronic laryngitis, chronic ulcer of nasal septum...