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...they can justify their dowry only by proving fertility, and such contraceptives as diaphragms and birth control pills are either too complicated or too expensive. Best hope for the future are the intrauterine devices that are simple, cheap and reliable. Most popular now in India is the "coil," a plastic, S-shaped loop inserted in the womb, which can be removed if the woman wants a child. India's first coil factory is already producing 15,000 loops a day, and government doctors travel through the countryside, explaining their use to the peasantry...
...week -good grief! First Baseman Harmon Killebrew, Mele's star player-he is tied for the league lead in home runs (22) and third in runs batted in (70)-collided with a base runner and dislocated his left elbow. Killebrew's arm was encased in an inflatable plastic splint, and arm and the man are expected to be out of action for at least two weeks...
Humans First. Dental Surgeon Hodosh got the idea for implanting plastic teeth seven years ago and proposed a pilot study to authorities at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. Ordinarily such research would begin with animals, but there was no money available for such a cautious start. Dr. Hodoshen listed 25 human volunteers...
Satisfied that a plastic called polymethylmethacrylate would be harmless and would form a good, strong tooth, he made molds of extracted teeth on the spot and filled the molds with plastic. After baking for about 15 minutes in a 500° oven, a tooth was rockhard, ready to be sandblasted smooth, sterilized and put into the gaping socket in the patient's mouth. There Dr. Hodosh fastened it in place-sometimes by a pin through adjacent bone, sometimes by a bridge attachment to neighboring teeth...
...Pool learned that frozen plasma, when slowly thawed, leaves behind a residue rich in antihemophilic globulin (AHG), the protein that is lacking in the blood of hemophiliacs. Spun in a centrifuge, the protein can be concentrated further. Refrozen, it can be stored for relatively long periods in sterile plastic bags. Thus far the AHG concentrate, which is being prepared by a pair of San Francisco-area blood banks, has been used successfully on 14 patients in four California hospitals. Researchers may some day learn how to help hemophiliacs make their own AHG, perhaps through transplants of AHG-producing tissue...