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Following the example of thousands of Americans, Elliott went north. Beginning in January, however, such pilgrimages will no longer be necessary. The Food and Drug Administration has approved chymopapain for use in the U.S. Says Orthopedist Eugene Nordby, chairman of a joint committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons: "The injections could revolutionize treatment of herniated discs...
...approval is a victory for Dr. Lyman Smith of Elgin, Ill., an orthopedist who developed and promoted use of the enzyme to treat herniated discs. Smith had been fascinated with a 1956 paper by Dr. Lewis Thomas, author of Lives of a Cell and now Chancellor of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Thomas had been trying to see if various enzymes could alter concentrations of proteins in the blood. One evening, he gave adolescent rabbits intravenous injections of papain. Next morning, he found that the rabbits' normally erect ears had flopped; the papaya enzyme had dissolved the gelatinous protein...
...that are buried under the skin. A bedside transmitter is used to trigger a pulsing current five or six times a minute. This stimulates muscle contractions that gradually pull the spine into line. Though the devices are still experimental, they appear to be as effective as bracing. Reports Boston Orthopedist John Emans: "Patients are delighted because they can look and act like other youngsters during the day." Some are so enthusiastic, in fact, that they flaunt their hardware. Notes Dr. Walter Bobechko, chief of orthopedic surgery at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children: "The kids take the transmitters...
...Knicks, Rangers and Cosmos. Although the younger Nicholas has followed the likes of Namath has followed the likes of Namath on and off the playing fields, he has also seen the stars in less glamorous positions on his father's operating table and as statistics in the orthopedist's injury research. Quite naturally Nicholas became interested in his father's research on pro squads to prevent ailments and prolong carcers...
...every hour and walk around for a few minutes; position the seat forward so that knees are bent; place a cushion at the small of the back; if the tilt of a car's seats can be adjusted, change the angle slightly every so often. Boston Orthopedist Robert Boyd has perhaps the best idea: "If the trip is longer than a few hours...