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...secretary referred him to Dr. Splint (Vag reflected on how often names sounded like creations from a Fielding novel. It didn't cheer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ordeal by Stethoscope | 11/21/1959 | See Source »

...Well," said Dr. Splint, opening the door to his examining room, "weather getting cool enough...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ordeal by Stethoscope | 11/21/1959 | See Source »

...with short, gingerly steps to the base hospital. Heads sunk to their chests, their breathing fast and shallow, they complained that it hurt if they breathed deeply. Any jarring motion, even from a few brisk steps, was painful. Some kept their arms folded to serve as a sort of splint for the chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ardmore Disease | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

...sympathectomy: whole series of nerve bundles beside the spine are cut. Increasingly daring surgery is also coming to the aid of atherosclerosis victims. Surgeons in many cities can now cut out a diseased, bottleneck section of the aorta and use a graft from a frozen artery bank as a splint while the patient's own aorta heals. For similar roadblocks in the femoral (thigh) arteries, the surgeon may slit the artery lengthwise, scrape off the diseased deposits, and sew it up again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Specialized Nubbin | 10/31/1955 | See Source »

...time of five minutes, 10.55 seconds. U.S. Bobber Lloyd Johnson, 40, the 1953 champion, had less luck. Experimenting with rope guides earlier this month at Garmisch, he had been flipped on his head and suffered a broken collar bone. At St. Moritz, the broken bone held rigid in a splint, Johnson could not hold his sled on the chute. It climbed the wall of Sunny Corner, tossed him and his teammates out of the running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hoch, Hoch, Hoch! | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

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