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...side of the aorta. At DeRudder's chest wall, the round plaque holding these tubes, together with smaller tubes for priming and flushing with saline solution, was attached to a hemispheric chamber 3 in. in diameter. Inside this was a Silastic diaphragm, which alternately generated pressure and exerted suction as it was worked to and fro by an external pump...
...convinced that the ring will enable him to rule the world. Between here and there, the Beatles romp triumphantly through trap doors, poison gas, poisoned arrows, death rays, flamethrowers, shrinking drugs, a man-eating tiger and a men's-room hand dryer that goes into reverse with suction so strong that it pulls the plumbing off the walls...
...enough. In St. Louis, Dr. Herman W. Reas and Dr. Paul R. Hackett put such patients under a general anesthetic, then inserted a bronchoscope through the mouth and windpipe into the bronchial branches and poured the solvent chemical directly into the clogged areas. They removed the loosened mucus by suction. "Within 48 hours these children are eat ing like horses and running around," says Dr. Hackett. Hormone & Growth. Other doctors who have tried the technique are not nearly so enthusiastic. At Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Harry Schwachman has done 33 washing-out procedures, with benefits lasting...
...just a lot of hogwash. About half the time the surgeon is telling dirty jokes with the fixed intent of embarrassing the scrub nurse. The rest of the time there is bickering, or gossip, or talk about how things were last winter in Palm Springs, or how many suction cups on a squid's tentacles, or whether a woman has an orgasm at the instant she is hanged. Of course, there are times when you just shut up and work...
Ships on Air. From such far-out ideas come down-to-earth breakthroughs. It was only ten years ago that Christopher Cockerell, an English engineer, reversed the suction on a household vacuum cleaner, stuck the hose through the bottom of an open-ended tin can, watched the can float-and got the idea for the hovercraft. Today's hovercraft are amphibious vessels that glide across land or sea a few inches above the surface, supported on jets of air around the perimeter of the hull. Two weeks ago, Swedish Lloyd and the Swedish American lines signed a deal...