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Other committee members attacked the bugaboo of cirrhosis of the liver, managed to convince themselves that it was a greatly exaggerated hazard, because in a sampling at a big Paris hospital. 35% of the cirrhosis victims survived the disease. Somehow, this struck the committee as more significant than the fact that almost twice as many died...
...furthering of the house drama. A dining hall, however, is basically a place in which to eat. House drama groups should not be allowed to disrupt dining hall life except immediately before and during their performances. Better planning would lighten the load on the already severely taxed "gracious liver". William H. Nickerson...
...subway, the hash slinger in the window, the misplaced pop crooner in the jazz dives. His capacity for working over a performance or a recording is legendary. When things are going right, he has been known to record all night, until, as Songwriter Lord Burgess says, "you expect his liver to come up with the next note...
...legion of the emotionally depressed had high hopes when iproniazid was found 18 months ago to be an effective treatment in many cases. But the hopes were dashed when it was reported that the drug caused too many dangerous side effects, notably liver damage (TIME, April 21). Since then, instead of being prescribed indiscriminately for office patients, iproniazid is being used so carefully that it appears to be no more dangerous than many another potent drug. It is used not only in psychiatry, but also for cancer patients when they know the end is near, and in some unrelated disorders...
...attachment to the spigot, Brendan turns it off during his writing bouts. Not that it is easy to stick to work, now that the vagabond liver has money and fame. Brendan has started a novel about Dublin, but, he says, "I can't get on with it with all this blanking success." Meanwhile, since his Borstal Boy was banned as "obscene" by the Irish government, he strides about bellowing (to the tune of MacNamara's Band...