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PHYSICAL BARRIER used by the woman in hopes of closing off the mouth of the womb. Some devices (not the diaphragm) previously recommended by physicians are now generally condemned as likely to cause disease...
...Womb & Mother. Given openings like these, psychiatrists are studying skindiving and making of it what they will. One common theory: water is the great mother symbol; divers are only trying to get back to the womb. Another: divers get an omnipotent superman sensation from playing with danger. Whatever the lure, Freud or fun, U.S. divers are going down to the sea or the backyard pond as never before. More than 200 Y.M.C.A.s now teach free diving; more than 500 teach skindiving with held breath alone. Students at the prestigious Horace Mann School in The Bronx get classroom credits in diving...
...this evidence, Asian flu joins German measles as a crippler and killer of children in the womb...
...book also contains a playlet "by Tennessee Gleckle," which "takes place entirely in the womb of an unborn lamb...
When babies stay in the womb too long, said Dr. Nechtow, the death rate is three times that of normal-term babies. One reason: the placenta may shrink, so the fetus is forced to live off his own tissues and loses weight. At the same time, the difficulty of delivery increases, with more frequent breech presentations, use of mid-forceps and Caesarean section. While Dr. Nechtow warned the G.P.s against resorting lightly to drastic measures, he urged them not to hesitate to induce labor or do a Caesarean section if the examination convinces them that the time is overripe...