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Germany was beginning to feel the shock of another wholesale offensive from the air. But it would be decisive only if it were stepped up in strength and never left to flag. If it languished and died in a few weeks-as such offensives have languished before-it would be no more than a few nails in a coffin still to be built...
Practical Surgery. Dr. Crile's biggest contributions to surgery began when as an intern he saw a young man die after his legs were crushed by a railroad train. The boy did not die of bleeding, which was very slight, but of shock-a depression of vitality brought about by fear, pain and injured nerves. Dr. Crile came to believe that unconsciousness at the time of operation was no guarantee against death-dealing shock, that injured nerves could send dangerous impulses even to an unconscious brain...
...tissues from communicating with the brain, nerves leading from the operative field were blocked off by novocain anesthesia. As the operation progressed, more novocain at the site of operation preceded every move. To lessen discomfort after operation, Dr. Crile gave injections of quinine and urea hydrochloride. His interest in shock led him to experiment with adrenalin (a hormone which produces the symptoms of shock) and blood transfusions for relief of shock...
Argentina's ship of state, sailing its wayward course of "prudent neutrality" with President Ramón Castillo at the helm, ran smack into an unexpected obstacle last week. The shock came from a direction whence it was least expected-Britain. It left crew and helmsman surprised and angry. When he had weathered it, Captain Castillo was a grimmer and a wiser...
...defeated man may actually become ill. The diseases may be "real enough, even though they have no organic basis . . . the hysterias . . . and war neuroses, miscalled shell shock in the World War, have this origin. When a soldier reaches a point where he can no longer stand up under the horrors he must face . . . and yet his spirit will not allow him to turn back, then he may suddenly go blind, lose the use of his arms or legs, or he may forget his name and everything connected with his identity and wander...