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Robert Frost has had more need than most men to draw in. Of the tragic deaths and illnesses in his family, the most crushing was the death of his wife in 1938. The shock to Frost was so great that he took to his bed with pneumonia. But he pulled through. Restored to his tough humor, when he underwent an operation for hemorrhoids he issued a bulletin: "I am resting on my laurels after an operation for asteroids...
...Shock & Counter-Shock. Selye has coined the forbidding name "general adaptation syndrome" for what happens when the system is subjected to overall stress. It begins, he holds, with an alarm reaction. The first phase is shock, in which body temperature and blood pressure fall, along with blood salt and blood sugar. The shock phase may last from a few minutes to 24 hours. Even before it ends, the system begins to mobilize for counter-shock: the pituitary sends more ACTH flooding to the adrenals, where it boosts the output of adrenal hormones. Blood pressure, blood salt and blood sugar increase...
Kanter weighs only 187, which makes him the lightest lineman on the starting eleven, but he is quick and hits with a sharp initial shock. Dick Heidtmann, originally a tackle, has been working at guard lately and he and Rosenau will probably complete the first string defensive line. Heidtmann, a 24-year-old 213-pound sophomore, is a vicious defensive player...
...When their air moves well above the speed of sound, it passes through the experimental chamber in a smooth, even stream. "Transonic" tunnels (close to the speed of sound) are much more difficult. At this critical speed, very important in the study of aerodynamics, the tunnel tends to "choke." Shock waves form inside it, making accurate experiments difficult...
...Menninger Clinic, to pronounce Mrs. X "cured." But her amazing comeback after 17 years suggests to him that psychiatrists should take a long, hard look at their definition of "incurable."* He also thinks that they should go slow with extreme procedures such as brain surgery (lobotomy) or shock treatments which are often ordered for schizophrenics from fear that "the patient will deteriorate." Pointedly he asks: "What really is deterioration?" Mrs. X showed none, even after what seemed an eternity in bedlam...