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...home at Manshiet al Bakri, a waiting physician ordered an oxygen tent and summoned three specialists for consultation. The diagnosis: massive coronary thrombosis...
...notations were sprinkled with encouraging evaluations. "Very good," wrote Che of one of his troop leaders, the former director of the Cuban special warfare center whose code name was Joaquín. But three months later, Che noted that Joaquin was "decaying physically and morally," and with his physician's eye, he diagnosed lymphangitis (inflammation of the lymph vessels). Of Tuma, a Caban who was Guevara's executive officer, Che noted that after six months in Bolivia, he suffered "an almost general decline, but he has overcome it." Seven weeks later, however, Tuma was fatally wounded...
Used because of their low melting point, lead compounds give pottery the smooth glaze favored by professionals and amateurs alike. They also produce disastrous side effects. Lead glazes probably caused the chronic poisoning and sterility that contributed to the decline of 5th century Rome. More recently, a physician's own case of lead poisoning was traced to cola drunk nightly from a cup his son had made in a university ceramics class...
Different Priorities. Russian medicine differs greatly from American in emphasis and approach, especially in regard to anesthesia. Russian doctors prefer local anesthetics, particularly in appendectomies and uncomplicated deliveries. Says Polina Kachalova, senior physician at Leningrad's No. 2 Hospital: "We believe general anesthetics are more harmful and that recovery is quicker with local anesthetics." Though surgery is often more traumatic as a result, few Russians seem to complain...
Died. Major General Howard M. Snyder, 89, Army doctor, physical-fitness buff and sometime medical adviser to Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served Ike when he was Army Chief of Staff and Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, convinced him to give up smoking and, as official White House physician, encouraged his friend and President to take up painting and play more golf; of heart disease; in Washington...