Word: spinal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was no urgency, they felt, about removing the other bullet lodged against Wallace's spine. It had already done its damage. Its concussive impact had bruised nerves and caused partial paralysis. But it was now wedged "harmlessly" against the spinal cord. It could be left there until his general condition improved...
...blood that kills 2,000 children under the age of 15 in the U.S. each year, has been found to respond to a double-barreled approach. One phase uses cytotoxic (cell-destroying) drugs to combat the cancer itself" the other consists of X-ray treatment of the head and spinal column to prevent involvement of the nervous system a frequent and fatal complication of the disease. Dr. Joseph Simone of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis told an American Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute meeting in New York that this dual approach may ultimately lead to a cure...
...minded. Dr. Pang Man, director of research at the Northville (Mich.) State Hospital and a participant in the Einstein operation, subscribes to the neurological approach put forward by Professor Ronald Melzack of McGill University. Called the "gate control theory" of pain, it holds that certain nerve cells in the spinal cord can either inhibit or intensify the flow of pain impulses to the brain. If the theory is correct, implantation of acupuncture needles could prevent pain in two ways: first, by blocking the transmission of pain sensations from peripheral nerves to the spinal cord and thus to the brain; second...
...muscular sensation" in his toes, and vital signs remained stable. Whether or not the plucky presidential candidate makes good his promise to appear at the Democratic National Convention in July, however, largely depends on the results of an operation to remove the remaining .38-cal. bullet lodged in his spinal canal...
...real problems came from a slug that entered the fluid-filled spinal canal and came to rest head downward opposite the first lumbar vertebra, just at the waist. At week's end the doctors still could not say whether the bullet severed all or part of the bundle of nerves that carries impulses from the lower body to the brain. But in any case, the effect could be devastating. The very impact of the bullet probably bruised the delicate nerve tissue severely, causing grave injury. Wallace reported no feeling in his legs; neither his bladder nor his bowels were...