Word: vein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fellini has found the vein again...
Nixon has been troubled by phlebitis -inflammation of a vein or veins-in his left leg on and off for ten years. In such cases, the medical problems begin with the valves in the veins that serve to keep blood flowing back to the heart...
Deeper Danger. When a thrombus does travel, it is called an embolus. The likelihood of an embolus appearing is negligible when the inflamed vein is near the skin's surface; it is vastly greater, however, if the clot forms in one of the large, deep veins. That is what apparently happened in Nixon's case. For some time after its formation in a vein deep in his left leg, the clot stayed in place. There, it caused the intermittent but painful swelling that bothered Nixon on his trip to the Middle East last June and, more severely, during...
...slowly dwindle. This was not due to a lack of novel material, as was the case with former member Dave Mason, who released every rehash of old songs possible ranging from live albums to greatest hits collections to half-live, half-studio albums. Traffic's course struck a different vein. Whereas Mason remained stagnant musically, Traffic explored new musical realms whose limits it reached rapidly. With the release of Low Spark, the group's personnel doubled, drummer Jim Capaldi was shifted to tambourine beater, dancer, and all-purpose buffoon, and long bluesy jams became part of the group's repertoire...
Anticoagulant drugs are often used to keep the clot from growing and therefore allowing it to be reabsorbed or to stay "fixed" to the vein wall, as Nixon's earlier clot has done. Although not in itself a serious ailment, if the deep veins are involved, thrombophlebitis can be dangerous because of the threat that a piece of the clot may break off and travel to the lungs, possibly causing death...