I had a perfectly normal childhood growing up in suburban New Jersey, about twenty miles from New York City. My father was a muskrat trapper. He trapped muskrats in the swamp around the small regional airport near where we lived. He got up every morning around five to check his traps. ...
Hair tourniquet syndrome of the toe: report of 2 new cases. García-Mata S, Hidalgo-Ovejero A. J Pediatr Orthop. 2009 Dec;29(8):860-4. This report describes 2 new cases of toe tourniquet syndrome without accompanying signs of irritability. They were an 18-month-old girl and a 5-month...
Born in the U.S.A. arrived at a time when American politicians with Ronald Reagan as their leader wanted to create a new form of patriotism after the war and tragedies in Vietnam. However, ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ was in part a tribute to Springsteen’s friends who had experienced th...