An article on cardiopulmonary resuscitation reports that in one Minneapolis, Minn, hospital only one person survived with use of the open method of cardiac massage between 1950 and 1959. Since then, 33 have survived with use of the closed method. * An author states that pinning back large ears for cosmetic reasons may be detrimental to hearing.

* “News in ORbit, report, that in Krakow, Poland, patients with respiratory disorders are being treated in underground salt mines at a depth of 700 feet. The value of the treatment is attributed to steady temperature and humidity and minimal air movement. * An article on OR staffing says 68.8% of nursing schools are hospital diploma schools, and they graduated 27,645 diploma nurses in 1965.