Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...results of this year's meet came as a shock since the Crimson second team of John Leibacher, William Bacon, and Jack Lawrence with a total of 60 jumps between its members defeated a number of highly favored opponents, in particular the first team, a 600 jump unit. The first unit includes Nickolas Soutter, Bob Thompson, and Dave Wigner...
Pressure Boosters. In another area of contention, surgeons still argue about the cause and treatment of "irreversible shock." a condition in which the blood pressure falls dangerously low. A whole generation of doctors has treated this kind of shock with adrenaline and noradrenaline because those drugs are blood-pressure boosters...
...wonder the results have been so bad, complains Minnesota's Dr. Richard C. Lillehei;* there never has been any evidence that pressure-boosting hormones relieve shock caused by blood loss or infection. The basic problem. Dr. Lillehei believes, is a drop in the amount of blood available for circulation. He recommends giving massive doses of hydrocortisone. or of phenoxybenzamine, a new drug not yet released for general use. Neither drug increases blood pressure, and they may even lower it, but both increase blood flow to the body's smaller blood vessels...
...doses the transplant itself with X rays, on the theory that if antibody-loaded cells are moving in to attack the kidney, they will be concentrated around the target. One important thing, says Dr. Hume, is to get the replacement kidneys fresh. Most cadaver kidneys are. in effect, "in shock" for several hours before they can be transplanted...
...film makers have tied some fancy knots in the silver-cord theme of Inge's original play, and some lines have been thrown in that are sure to make Inge cringe. Says Woodward to Trevor: "I shouldn't tell you this; it might shock you." Says Trevor to Woodward: "Don't forget, I'm a registered nurse." A Loss of Roses bumped through 25 performances on Broadway; as The Stripper, it doesn't come...