Rage on the River Zambezi

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A deadly experience of a 27-year-old river guide named Paul Templer in chasing a rogue hippopotamus is presented. The incident happened on the Zambezi River, one of Africa's longest rivers, where crocodiles and hippopotamus are considered the two most dangerous animals.

Author: Dyson, John
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
Personal narratives, Behavior, Accidents, Natural history, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamuses, River cruises, Animal attacks, Zambezi River

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Emergency on Flight BA 032

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Flight BA 032 from HongKong to Scotland made medical history as the venue for the first collapsed lung operation in midair. Paula Dixon of Scotland would have died without the surgery conducted by Angus Wallace and Tom Wong.

Author: Dyson, John
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1996
Case studies, Surgery, Lungs, Lung surgery, Surgical emergencies

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Now doctors have see-through vision

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Ultrasound technology is the wave of the future in medicine. The process enables doctors to examine a patient's organs without the aid of surgery and the adverse aftereffects of X-rays.

Author: Dyson, John
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
Usage, Innovations, Ultrasonics in medicine, Medical ultrasonics, Diagnosis, Ultrasonic, Diagnostic ultrasonography

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