ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMA
From medical Latin, from Greek kōma heavy sleep; related to Greek koitē bed, perhaps to Middle Irish cuma grief.
9 QUOTES WITH «COMA»
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There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
I have no problem with people feeling a bit down - crikey, you only have to walk down the road to find enough reasons to fall into a depressive coma - but I do have a problem with whining about it.
In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and tripped over my trousers and heard this cracking sound in my leg. A couple of days later I went into a coma and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.
Everything I write doesn't appear to be biography until later. I often say that I've never written about anything I've experienced. Of course, that's not true. But it doesn't appear familiar to me at all. And maybe that's because I have to be in a kind of coma in order to write. If it appeared familiar, I wouldn't.
I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.
I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.
In 1965, I went to what was called the worst Bihar famine in India, and I saw starvation, death, people dying of hunger, for the first time. It changed my life. I came back home, told my mother, 'I'd like to live and work in a village.' Mother went into a coma.
After almost half a billion dollars spent on the computer registration system for Obamacare, the website coughed, sputtered, and appeared to descend into an immediate coma as millions tried to log on. One reason is that the Obama administration never fully tested it.
The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMA»
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They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman, and a dozen others—all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures were victims of the same inexplicable, hideous tragedy on the operating table.
On a snowy Friday night in 1979, just hours after making love for the first time, Richard's girlfriend, high school senior Karen Ann McNeil, falls into a coma.
Awakening after a decade of unconsciousness, former Tiananmen Square protester Dai Wei learns that his mother has sold one of his kidneys to finance his care, that his mother has gone insane after falling in love with a Falun Gong master, ...
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The Diagnosis Of Stupor &
Coma
"The book is aimed at medical students and residents, in fields from internal medicine and pediatrics to emergency medicine, surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, who are likely to encounter patients with disordered states of ...
Fred Plum, Jerome B. Posner, 1982
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Inside
Coma: A New View of Awareness, Healing, and Hope
This title describes practical, body-centred ways of communicating with coma patients, showing family members and caregivers how to enter the patient's inner world of experience to engage their will and power to heal.
Pierre Morin, Gary Reiss, 2010
Having been attacked on the Underground, a man wakes up in a hospital and begins to question his emergence from a coma, in a tale complemented by original woodblock illustrations. By the author of The Beach and The Tesseract. Reprint.
It is a story of immense bravery and betrayal. The story line touches on many subjects including religion, domestic abuse, child abuse, cot death, terrorism, suicide and murder, but mostly it is a love story.
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Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
For over 10 years now, the Coma Science Group has been working on the scientific exploration of disorders of consciousness, with both scientific and clinical research agendas. This book is the result of all this work.
Caroline Schnakers, Steven Laureys, 2012
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Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife
A Harvard-trained neurosurgeon shares a minute-by-minute account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned ...
Brilliantly imagined and artfully constructed─merging science fiction with an affectionate portrait of small town Ireland─Notes from a Coma is both the story of a man cursed with guilt and genius and a compassionate examination of how ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMA»
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Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic (ALBUM REVIEW)
As such, the structure of Coma Ecliptic, Between the Buried and Me's latest outing for Metal Blade, looks worrying at first pass. Shorter than ... «Glide Magazine, Jul 15»
Fruit Flies Fall Into Coma to Survive Three Day Drowning
Although this coma-state has been studied previously, the limits of insect drowning while examining age, environmental temperature, and ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
After being in coma for 7 years, 7/11 Mumbai blast victim dies
In 2008, after being in a coma for two years, Parag miraculously came out of coma. He was bed-ridden, but was able to talk and eat properly. «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
Man in Medically Induced Coma After Weekend Bar Fight in …
One man is in a medically induced coma after a Hancock County bar fight got out of hand over the weekend. Around 2:40 AM Sunday morning ... «WTRF, Jul 15»
Family looks for witnesses after crash puts man in coma
Family members say Riggs is in a coma as a result of the crash. He is obviously unable to help police in their investigation into what happened. «FOX 10 News Phoenix, Jul 15»
Kenny Noyes in coma after crashing at Motorland in Teruel
American Superbike rider Kenny Noyes, of the Kawasaki Palmeto team, is in an induced coma in hospital in Zaragoza while doctors treat the ... «Spanish News Today, Jul 15»
Album Review: Between The Buried And Me – Coma Ecliptic
What happens inside the mind of a coma patient, when one's brain is reduced to minimal activity? Scientists have hypothesized that there's not ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
Boylston teen goes from coma to winning science fair
“I was very, very, not OK,” said Solomonides, who spent a month in a coma. He suffered a traumatic brain injury — “a severe bruising insult to ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
After coma, teen invents eco-friendly plastic from potatoes
“I was very, very, not OK,” said Solomonides, who spent a month in a coma. He suffered a traumatic brain injury — “a severe bruising insult to ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
University Games student out of coma and stable in Wagga Base …
A student put into a coma after a drug cocktail is now conscious and in a stable condition in Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. Police believe hours ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
