Word: spinal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Infected Rhesus monkeys supplied the material for the vaccine. Just as the monkeys were dying of infantile paralysis, Dr. Brodie killed them, snatched out their spinal cords which contained the virus of the disease, macerated the cords in a solution of formalin to kill the virus. This virtually is what other investigators of the infantile paralysis problem are trying. Dr. Brodie seems to be the first to apply the vaccine to humans...
...pressure of the Press drew a statement from Dr. Dandy, who, like every reputable physician, hates to have his private practice dragged out into the limelight. Said Dr. Dandy: "The condition is dangerous and not uncommon, but is not necessarily immediately fatal. There is a continual flow of spinal fluid into the brain cavity, and hydrocephalus is caused when there is an obstruction, bringing about a backing up of the fluid in the brain cavity. We will have to operate to form a by-pass to allow resumption of the free flow of the fluid. Such an operation is dangerous...
...ahead with an operation on the Trammell infant. After a 54-hr. study of the case Dr. Dandy began the operation, which lasted two hours, through the side of the child's head. He found that he need not construct a by-pass for the cerebro-spinal fluid. Sufficient was removal of an obstruction between the lateral ventricles, cavities of the brain which lie in the region of the temples. His report to the public: "The baby came out of the ether all right, and is taking her feeding nicely. The operation may be termed successful...
...membrane of the nose lie the hairlike end-processes of the olfactory nerve cells. Up these nerves, which are relatively isolated from the blood and lymph, the attacking virus passes direct to the brain's olfactory lobe, thence proceeds to invade more distant parts of the brain and spinal cord. The invaders, injuring motor nerve cells, produce muscular paralysis. The damage done, some of the virus returns the way it came, goes out from the nose to lie in wait for other victims. Though his report dealt only with monkeys and infantile paralysis. Dr. Flexner feels sure that other...
...believe the Minneapolis osteopath massaged a nerve center in the small of Mr. Murphy's back to correct his stooped condition. I believe the osteopath manipulated the area of the spine in question to restore its unimpaired mobility and adjusted the spinal joints to their normal anatomical relationship. If massage was used it was as an adjunct as it might be used by a member of any other school of practice. Stimulating or "massaging" the nerve trunk near its exit from the spinal canal would affect organs associated with that nerve trunk through communicating branches but would not particularly...