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...reaction suited Architect Kirk right to the bottom of his T square. Said he: "It is too much to hope that the building itself can cure, but clearly it can be a symbol of health. I guess my psychiatric friends might say it's a back-to-the-womb feeling. But then that's been basic to all architecture since the comfort of the cave...
...babies have the patience to hold off their wails till birth. Throughout history some restless infants were reported to have cried in the womb, but until relatively modern times doctors and midwives often thought it best not to publicize the fact lest they be accused of witchcraft. Last week in Britain's Lancet, a doctor described a latter-day occurrence of the phenomenon, known as vagitus uterinus (from the Latin vagire, to squall...
...room, but close below our heads." When a nurse returned to the room, disappointed at having missed the event, the infant obliged with another cry so loud that a doctor put his ear on the mother's abdomen to confirm beyond doubt that the cry came from the womb. The baby (a boy) was delivered safely...
There is some danger that such early-crying babies will drown in the womb's fluid, says Dr. Russell, but this risk is much smaller than the danger of birth trauma that may be caused by attempts to hasten delivery. Considering the long rehearsal and preparation for birth that infants undergo, says Dr. Russell, the surprising fact is that more babies do not begin to wail in the womb...
...social functions of the Club definitely predominate the activities of its more than 6300 members. It is a sanctuary for those who wish to escape the City and return to the womb of their College days to participate once again in the Georgian splendors of their Alma Mater. From the lovely new rugs in the main hall embossed with the Veritas Seal to the squash courts on the upper floors, the Club manages to achieve the University ideal of gracious living which never quite comes across in the Houses...