Word: throat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hiccups is not entirely understood. The phrenic and vagus nerves are known to be part of it; Dr. Salem thought that it might often include irritation of the trachea, or windpipe. Using a catheter introduced through the nose, he and his colleagues tried spraying the back of the throat with a local anesthetic. They soon noticed, however, that the mere introduction of the catheter stopped the hiccups without drugs...
They concluded that the catheter was stimulating the pharynx, the upper segment of the throat. The resulting impulses given out by the complex nerves in and around the pharynx somehow interrupted the impulses driving the hiccups. The pharynx-stimulating technique has been tried on 100 patients, both conscious and unconscious. The catheter was introduced through either nose or mouth and was used to tickle or vibrate the middle section of the pharynx. The result in all but one case was immediate cessation of hiccups. It is hardly convenient for use at home. But if it works as well...
...hand were at its throat...
...Michigan Regent Mrs. Gertrude Huebner, who delights in the varied advice she is asked to give. One mother wrote to ask whether her coed daughter should sing in a nightclub. "I want to investigate to see whether there's enough smoke in the air to damage her throat before answering," says Mrs. Huebner...
...skin" she has ever seen. When she arrives back home after dark, the poor dopey male, Tom, is waiting at the gate to punish his faithless Patsy. "He rose as she went through the gate and acted so deftly that the scream she let out got lost in her throat as a wail. She died with her back to him and as she fell, he helped her down." Then he saw that it was poor Willa...