Word: spinal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eyes were so damaged that he could not bear the light of day; if he moved rapidly, "his head hammered and his pulses beat"; he was incapable of speaking to a stranger. Worst of all, a "double hump" had appeared between his shoulders-"a curvature of the spinal column...
...result in the oftentimes fatal bulbar form of the disease. Last week the A.M.A. Journal called the attention of U.S. family doctors to growing evidence that polio victims who have lost tonsils, adenoids, or both, at any time in their lives, are more susceptible to bulbar and bulbo-spinal attacks...
...paralytic polio four years ago. His name was not clear on the specimen bottle and a researcher misread it as "Saukett." In this form it is now perpetuated, beyond hope of correction, in countless scientific publications. -Hence the name, poliomyelitis-literally, inflammation of the grey marrow (part of the spinal cord). -Both his brothers chose careers on the borders of medicine. Herman. 34, is a veterinarian in Mars, Pa. Lee, 27, is a candidate for a Ph.D...
Prometheus stood more or less upright (proved by the fact that his spinal cord entered the skull from below). His teeth were more human thai, apelike, and there is evidence that, like Samson, he used animal jawbones as clubs. Dr. Dart also reported on a stone-working creature that lived in the Transvaal 500,000 to 750,000 years ago. His primitive "pebble tools" have been found in gravel pits, but no bones have been found...
...lower the danger of infection during the main operation. Then, one morning last week, they were wheeled into the operating room. A team of 15 doctors worked for 2¼ hours to complete the delicate job. Near by, the parents waited. Everything went according to plan. More spinal bone was joined than the surgeons had anticipated, but there were no unexpected difficulties...