Word: hypoxia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Abilene, Texas (TIME, May 12). As Obie, the young father, Actor Kerwin Mathews was at first quietly convincing. Later, when Obenauf found himself at 34,000 feet in command of a burning plane, all the rest of the crew except a navigator bailed out-and the navigator dying of hypoxia-Mathews was embarrassingly frightened. He was a phrenetic caricature of the real-life lieutenant, the professional flyer who said when he got home, "You're so numb, I don't think there's any fear at all. You're just numb...
...Space Age slang for feeling symptoms caused by hypoxia (insufficient oxygen...
...that Kittinger should start down after 2½ hours. Otto Winzen, maker of the balloon, relayed the decision. Kittinger replied in code that he would not come down. Winzen pleaded. Back from 18 miles overhead came the coded answer: "Come and get me." Stapp and Winzen were afraid that hypoxia (lack of oxygen) had unsettled their pilot, but soon they recognized Kittinger's normal style of humor...
Dentists, as well as surgeons, have good cause to be wary of the use of anesthesia. Eighteen to 20 patients die in the U.S. each year from anesthesia in dentists' offices. Most common cause of death is brain damage from hypoxia (shortage of oxygen) caused by improper mixture of anesthetic gas, which should never contain less than 20% oxygen. The patient may survive a dose of gas that contains less than this minimum, but if it is prolonged or repeated, he may undergo personality changes or survive only as a moronic "vegetable." One dentist's proposed antidote...
...modem aircraft climb toward the stratosphere, oxygen masks and pressurized cabins become a necessity. The trouble is that now & then something goes wrong with the man-made atmosphere. And one of the first symptoms of hypoxia (insufficient oxygen)* is a giddy self-assurance, a fine feeling that all's right with the world. Many unexplained crack-ups may have been caused by pilots in euphoria, blissfully unaware that their skill and judgment were failing with their failing oxygen...