Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cahan froze the surface of the cancer. Later he inserted the liquid nitrogen probe deep into the tissue. In each of three required operations, the tissues were frozen and allowed to thaw. The patient complained of only a mild burning sensation that lasted a few hours after each treatment. In three weeks, the cancer shrank to the size of a small...
...TONSILS. For adults and for all victims of leukemia or hemophilia, tonsillectomy is a major operation with grave risks. Dr. Cahan has performed several tonsillectomies by freezing; within three weeks after the ten-minute treatment, the tonsils simply wither away...
...years, surgeons at New York Hospital have used ultracold for 150 patients to "re-glue" the retina to the back of the eye ball after it has become detached (for reasons unknown), a condition that may quickly lead to blindness. By one of science's quirks, another recent treatment for retinal detachment involved use of the laser beam to produce a pinpoint of tremendous heat...
...blonde perfectionist who lost her chance to win a world title when the Olympics were suspended for twelve years during and after World War II and, when they resumed in 1948, finished a disappointing eighth, after which she retired from competition; in Windsor, Conn., where she had been under treatment for emotional problems for the last three years...
Immortal Face. The U.S. gave Legson quite a reception, but he seems to have accepted everything that came his way with a grave and innocent equanimity. In the capital, he endured the standard tourist treatment, discovered the "sweet relationship" between waffles and syrup, stood in the Lincoln Memorial and "timidly waved at the immortal face." Skagit Valley College received him with a banner and a banquet. The family that "adopted" him had redecorated the spare bedroom. Neighbors stopped in with cakes. Huntley-Brinkley televised him. Some will pin the word "naive" on Legson's wide-eyed good will...