Word: tumor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...arteries which feed the brain and scalp, the membranes that cover the brain, some of the nerves of the head and neck are excruciatingly sensitive (see cut). Most headaches, said Dr. Wolff, come from the dilatation of these blood vessels or from some growth or injury, like a brain tumor, that exerts a pull on them...
...examined a woman with an enormous ovarian tumor. His father made plans for an operation the following Sunday, invited doctors from near & far to watch the performance. Then he went off to St. Paul for a consultation. On Sunday, a crowd of doctors gathered around the woman's bedside, but Dr. Mayo did not show up. Taking his courage in his hands, Dr. Will performed the operation himself. When his father came in, he was "speechless...
...wearing a diocese as they come, Bishop Rowe has four times refused easier bishoprics in the States, has outlasted many a younger man in Alaska. Illness laid him low for the first time in his life last August when doctors hustled him south for treatment of a throat tumor. Safely through three months' X-ray treatments but beginning to show his age for the first time, he is still eager to go, plans to head back to Alaska in January and continue right on up to his missions in the Arctic...
Head to Toe. Although any one of many body disturbances can hasten epilepsy, its essential cause is some damage to the grey matter of the brain, whether by tumor, abscess, infection, gunshot wound, shell splinters, or other accidents. Certain clusters of brain cells discharge electrical impulses to the muscles at an abnormal rate. This produces writhing and twitching. A tendency toward epilepsy runs in families; this may be due to some small quirk in the brain formation, together with an abnormal metabolism, faulty water balance, etc. Since electroencephalograms (charts of the electric waves discharged from the brain) can detect epileptic...
...smeared the paste on her face every three hours for several months. After a while the tumor disappeared. Although he was surprised at the results, Dr. Stammer never published any articles on the strange case, never claimed that he had a cancer cure. But the story got around to the New York State Board of Regents. They revoked his license for one year. Under State law, a doctor may not undertake "to cure or treat a disease by a secret medicine." Dr. Stammer's salve was classified as "secret" because he had not analyzed...