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...harbor entrances, forced men-of-war into a narrow passage raked by Spanish guns. Cartagena knew what it was to be sacked (e.g., by Drake in 1585, and the French in 1544 and 1697), but in 1741, the fortifications paid off: the Spanish routed a 28,000-man, 186-vessel British fleet thrown at them by Admiral Sir Edward Vernon...
There are at least three versions of what happened when the U.S. Navy's LC-3 1090 nosed into the Russian-held "free port" last week to bring official dispatches to U.S. Consul General Harry Merrell Benninghoff. Aboard the unarmed naval vessel were a U.S. businessman and two U.S. correspondents, LIFE'S Mark
Blood Accelerator. There was a small ray of hope for victims of Buerger's disease, painful, incurable ailment caused by blood-vessel constriction that impedes circulation to the legs and feet. University of Michigan physicians reported that a nerve-blocking injection of tetraethyl ammonium dilates blood vessels, relieves Buerger's disease (as well as certain other disorders resulting from blocked circulation). The drug does not cure, but it may stop pain for as long as six months...
...theory behind nerve block therapy: many ills and pains are aggravated and prolonged by blood vessel spasms. To stop the spasms, anesthetize the nerves that control them. Surgeons use two types of nerve-blocking injections: i) novocaine, a temporary anesthetic-designed to break up the spasm cycle; 2) alcohol, which stops pain permanently by destroying part of the nerve (a substitute for nerve-cutting). Some results...
CAUSALGIA. This mysterious ailment, resulting from wounds near a nerve or blood vessel, causes excruciating, burning pains. In "major" causalgia, the patient is completely disabled, screams with pain at a touch or a sudden noise. In "minor" causalgia, the patient, months after a minor cut or infection has healed, may suffer severe pains without visible cause. Nerve block with novocaine or alcohol gives quick relief...