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Lameness See also Deformity. Lamentation (See GRIEF.) Byron, Lord (1788–1824) limped because of his club foot. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 152] schoolmates used his clubfoot as object of ridicule. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage, Magill I, 670–672] patron of cripples; accidentally hobbled, refused cures. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 392] trows (goblins) who limp when dancing. [Scot. Folk-lore: Briggs, 219–220] blacksmith god; said to have been lamed when ejected from Olympus by Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 121]
crippled in childhood when nurse dropped him. [O.T.: II Samuel, 4:4] lamed by Laius with a spike through his feet in infancy. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 730] crippled Negro beggar of Catfish Row. [Am. Lit.: Porgy, Magill I, 764–766] (1882–1945) 32nd president of U.S.; stricken with polio and confined to wheelchair. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2355] (1336–1405) Mongol conqueror, his name a corruption of Timur i Long (Timur the Lame). [Asian Hist.: Benét, 985] crippled son of Bob Cratchit. [Br. Lit.: A Christmas Carol] |
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In Japan, the two companies are currently conducting phase II clinical studies of NM-702 for the treatment of intermittent claudication caused by arteriosclerosis obliterans and lumber spinal canal stenosis as well as bronchial asthma. Two months before admission, after a major flood and exposure to standing water for weeks, an abnormal sensation developed in her right foot, which progressed to pain and intermittent claudication. Equipment by clinical leader KCI, with models for treatment of peripheral edema, prevention of deep vein thrombosis, management of postoperative edema and pain, intermittent claudication, diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, etc. |
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