Sentences with phrase «scalpels for»

After completing his degree at Columbia in 1927, he set up a medical practice; however, whenever he had a free moment, he would trade scalpels for sculpting tools in the small studio next to his office, where he could mold clay or whittle away at wood and stone.

Once headed for a career as a surgeon, Landrigan talked with DISCOVER about why he traded in his scalpel for a stethoscope, why he is unafraid of wading into battle against entrenched corporate interests, how he navigates hostile political waters, and what propelled him to become a champion of children's environmental health.

Haha, and I love this: «should a wicked queen try to mess with me, I'll raise one eyebrow and remind her that I use a scalpel for a living...»

The medical profession has traded the scalpel for imaging technology to make exploratory diagnoses.

The Ford Mustang is expected to go under the scalpel for its mid-cycle refresh for the 2018 model year — a prospect supported by the volume of spy photographs depicting camouflage - wearing prototypes that have surfaced lately.

Tree cores were dried at 80 °C for 72 h and scraped using a scalpel for better reading of the tree - ring structure.

Our Programmatic Issue Coding is a scalpel for precisely dissecting defense productions to focus exclusively on the «hot documents,» so that plaintiffs» counsel does not waste valuable time reviewing unnecessary documentation.

Before you go into your resume with a surgeon's scalpel for revisions, take a look at what you already have in the current version of your resume.

Not exact matches

The editorial process allows for a refinement of narrative that is like a surgeon's scalpel, paring away extraneous information and laying bare the characters in the starkest of terms.

A sledgehammer is not the appropriate tool for a job that requires a scalpel.

All are subject to the scalpel of impatient and haughty reformers; what has been received from our parents and grandparents and from their parents and grandparents must submit to our unforgiving formulas for correction.

For sure, those who believed Tiger might make it to Pinehurst for this week's U.S. Open did not recognize the «big deal» it was for Woods to go under the knife, even if said scalpel left just tiny incisions, according to Selene Parekh, associate professor of surgery in Duke University's orthopedic surgery departmeFor sure, those who believed Tiger might make it to Pinehurst for this week's U.S. Open did not recognize the «big deal» it was for Woods to go under the knife, even if said scalpel left just tiny incisions, according to Selene Parekh, associate professor of surgery in Duke University's orthopedic surgery departmefor this week's U.S. Open did not recognize the «big deal» it was for Woods to go under the knife, even if said scalpel left just tiny incisions, according to Selene Parekh, associate professor of surgery in Duke University's orthopedic surgery departmefor Woods to go under the knife, even if said scalpel left just tiny incisions, according to Selene Parekh, associate professor of surgery in Duke University's orthopedic surgery department.

A scalpel and long needle are the only way to get the precision cutting I need for my plates and curls of cartridge paper are brilliant for supporting the clay as it's drying while being flexible enough to move with the clay as it shrinks.

Since I started doing patchwork and quilting I've applied the method of cutting to my leather work — so I've swapped the scalpel and metal ruler for a rotary cutter and quilting ruler, which I find more comfortable».

He might be 6 but not quite ready for a scalpel!

My son would NEVER sit still for them to cut part of his mouth with a scalpel.

So ebil obstetricians are both trigger - happy scalpel fiends, desperate to cut wombyn open as soon as look at them, AND lazy, lackadaisical layabouts who won't go near wombyn with a scalpel until it's too late... Also, you said the woman still wanted to try for a vaginal delivery, so in other words the midwife wanted to overrule the OB AND the woman, and force an operative birth on the mother.

«The extent to which the health care community remains disproportionately fair game for the budget scalpel is astonishing.

Researchers are developing a system for constant monitoring of nerves during surgery to set an alarm if a scalpel goes somewhere it doesn't belong.

For Liu, the USC neurosurgeon wielding the scalpel, the operation itself was the culmination of decades of research by scientists around the world.

In the wake of these findings, demand for the procedure has surged among African men, overwhelming government hospitals and fueling fears that untrained hucksters offering unsanitary surgery in makeshift clinics could transmit bloodborne diseases through the reuse of nonsterile scalpels.

Obsidian, naturally occurring volcanic glass, is smooth, hard, and far sharper than a surgical scalpel when fractured, making it a highly desirable raw material for crafting stone tools for almost all of human history.

In medicine, a surgeon might be able to perform remote operations beyond the simple use of a scalpel, or train for tumor screening by feeling for virtual lumps in real tissue.

When the government of India rewarded health workers for meeting sterilization quotas in 1976, the zeal of some of them for wielding scalpels regardless of their patients» wishes contributed to the downfall of Indira Gandhi's government in 1977.

Yet even as teams developed the CRISPR / Cas9 gene - editing system for biomedical and basic research purposes, multiple groups have been on the lookout for better versions of the molecular scalpel.

His patients weren't the standard Valley girls and divorcées whose breasts a doctor could breezily augment to the tinkle of a Japanese water feature before checking his teeth in the shine of his scalpel and heading off for cocktails at Skybar.

Without PPE, any procedure involving contaminated body fluids or potential for «sharps» injury (needles, scalpels, etc) puts health care providers at high risk of exposure.

Based on the images obtained with an MRI scanner, the surgeon determines the structure of the inflammation, which afterwards will serve as a blueprint for his scalpel during the operation.»

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Most of the key surgical tools of 1980 were highly refined versions of classics that had been around for decades or even centuries, such as the scalpel and forceps.

For tissue samples, lung or liver tissue was homogenized in a 15 mL Eppendorf tube using a disposable microtube pestle (Eppendorf, San Diego, CA) and scalpel, and RNA extraction was then performed using TRIzol LS (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA), followed by isopropanol precipitation and two washes in 70 % ethanol.

«This provides a new target in our search for a drug — instead of sledgehammer, it's more like a scalpel.»

Surgeons, for instance, use scalpels to make incisions through the skin and muscle to reach internal organs.

For example, Vanderbilt engineers and neurosurgeons have joined forces to develop navigation systems that can guide the scalpel during brain operations.

Today, thousands of researchers use this molecular scalpel to edit DNA for research and potential therapeutic purposes.

The light can reach deep into a mouse's brain tissue to target specific areas for exact periods of time, with «scalpel - like precision,» Bruchas said.

While such scalpels have existed for decades, the iKnife's innovation was to analyze the smoke created by the singed tissues to determine if they were cancerous.

Asking a stranger to spot for you is almost as bad as handing a scalpel to a random person on the street and asking them to remove your appendix.

It's an interesting companion piece to V for Vendetta in that way, at once a melodramatic throwback and a progressive scalpel.

The Dolby 1.0 mono sound does what it must, granting room to the James Bernard score and allowing for subtleties in the foley work, like the skreeee of Frankenstein's scalpel circumscribing a skull.

Halfway through Garland's film, a character drives a scalpel into his arm fervently hunting for circuitry.

We've taken our analytical scalpel to the brains of headteachers and deputies, as well as middle leaders, for example, and found that the staff area of our website is where they view most articles.

Built atop the same Alpha platform used for Cadillac's ATS, the Camaro feels more scalpel than sledgehammer.

Peugeot's 208 GTi by Peugeot Sport has also been a firm evo favourite for the last couple of years, offering a far more dynamic driving experience than most rivals, dominated by its rev - happy 1.6 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder engine and scalpel - like front end.

They are the ones to go for Luis especially if they offer you a consultant surgeon over the age of 15 and with four opposing thumbs, they are so much better than the older ones with the bones through their noses and the obsidian scalpels (some serious hygiene issues there, Luis).

Again, this isn't a problem for enthusiast buyers who want a street - legal DTM racer, but former AMG buyers who perhaps erred on the side of «meat cleaver» vs. «scalpel» may be surprised by the sacrifices required in a true track toy.

We drove the 2013 Lancer Evo earlier this year and found it to be as precise as a scalpel with a thimble for a gas tank.

Competition engine and transmission mounts are added for good measure, as is race - spec adjustable suspension and 19 - inch centre - locking wheels shod with Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tyres to ensure scalpel - sharp handling.

Today, just after the Z4 mania has calmed a slight bit, BMW released an attack on the competition using a bludgeon that can be used for outright brutality or scalpel - like precision.

Credit even more computational hours for removing unnecessary materials with scalpel - like precision, as well as an increased use of high - strength steel and aluminum.

His social scalpel sharpened, he set out to uncover the ugly, but alluring, underbelly of the cash - fueled power politics of the art world, with its elite egotists ever - battling for prominence.