Emergency on Flight BA 032
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Two doctors were forced to perform an operation on a dying woman aboard a huge Boeing 747 while the plane was over India. The woman, who punctured her lung unknowingly before boarding the plane, was saved by the doctors despite the lack of the necessary medical instruments.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1996
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Alligators all around
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Roaming alligators are common in Florida. Alligator trappers caught more than 4,500 of the reptiles in 1994. The alligators are found in swimming pools, schools, factories, tollbooths, golf courses and hotel fountains.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1995
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Now doctors have see-through vision
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Ultrasound imaging equipment allows doctors to view internal body structures painlessly, safely, and relatively cheaply. A general discussion of ultrasound technology, focusing on its medical use, is included.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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