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...dilation of the cervix under local anesthesia. Menstrual extraction requires little or no dilation in most cases. Instead, a thin (diameter: 4 mm.), flexible plastic tube, or cannula, is inserted through the cervix and into the uterus, and most of the uterine lining is then removed by means of suction or a specially designed syringe...
...blasted through his intestinal tract in several places, splashing undigested food into the abdominal cavity. To clean this out, the doctors lifted Wallace's intestines out of the body cavity and onto his chest. They spent the next five hours wiping off Wallace's internal organs, using suction to remove contaminating wastes, and sewing up the holes in his gut. To help take care of infection-an inevitable consequence of the outpouring of bacteria from his digestive tract-the doctors placed drains in his abdomen as well as in the surgical incision...
There is even an International Frisbee Tournament held annually in the isolated Michigan Upper Peninsula community of Copper Harbor (pop. 50). Two weeks ago, several thousand spectators came to watch 36 teams bearing such titles as the Function Junction Double Suction Pump Five and the Humbly Magnificent Champions of the Universe compete for the world's Guts Frisbee championship. Some of the players came from as far away as Canada, Germany and Australia. And though the tournament's atmosphere of low camp was clearly a spoof on all organized sports, the matches were fought in dead earnest...
...believes that the commonly used standard equipment is wrong, since it requires a general anaesthetic for dilatation of the cervix and insertion of relatively large metal tools. Instead, Bergman uses only a local anaesthetic, and none at all in most cases, to permit insertion of a specially designed vacuum-suction tube only one-quarter inch in diameter. The instrument, smaller than those in general use, was developed at a Los Angeles abortion clinic and has been used there for a year. Bergman has performed more than 300 abortions in his office since July 1 by this method with, he says...
Need to Shout. There remained the danger of infection, especially severe in hip surgery because so much tissue must be exposed. With Charnley's new plastic techniques, the infection rate was 4%. That was too high by his standards. Then he devised an elaborate suction system for his operating room. Each member of the surgical team was fitted with a flexible tube, long enough to permit free movement, that ran up his back and was connected to a narrow steel tube that encircled the face and had holes through which his exhaled breath was drawn away. "It makes communication...