Word: intramuscular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hours after admission, his heart began racing at 140 beats per minute, his blood pressure dropped to 80 over 60 (120 over 80 is normal), and respiration was failing. To pull him through this "ultracritical" period, doctors placed an oxygen mask over his face, and gave antibiotics by intramuscular injection to help combat the congestion in the lungs...