Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Linda Laubenstein (1947–1992), American physician who was left paraplegic after a childhood polio infection [14] Craig Hart Neilsen (1941–2006), American gaming executive who founded Ameristar Casinos, Inc. and formed the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to fund scientific research and quality-of-life programs for people living with spinal cord ...
People with paraplegia, a neurologically based impairment in motor and/or sensory function of the body's lower extremities. See also: Category:People with tetraplegia Contents
Paralyzed in a 2010 football game, but has since regained movement to his shoulders and feeling to most of his body. [20] Jocelyn Lovell (born 1950) – Canadian cyclist hit by a truck while on a training ride. [21] Tom Luckey (1940–2012) – American architect and sculptor best known for creating abstract playgrounds known as Luckey Climbers ...
Tammy Reed who was known as Angel, had a hemicorporectomy in 2010. Angel was a paraplegic and without the surgery, chronic sores and infection would have killed her within 18 months. [11] Angel passed away on 25 March 2019. [12]
Jessie Owen was traveling with her family twelve years ago when, while going through a mountain pass, a tree fell on their car. “In that moment, my parents passed away, my siblings were severely ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. American conjoined twins (born 1990) Abby and Brittany Hensel Born Abigail Loraine Hensel Brittany Lee Hensel (1990-03-07) March 7, 1990 (age 34) New Germany, Minnesota, U.S. Education Bethel University Occupation(s) Fifth-grade teachers at Sunnyside Elementary in New Brighton ...
Weibel–Palade body – Ewald R. Weibel (1929–2019), Swiss biologist, and George Emil Palade (1912–2008), Romanian-American cell biologist; Wenckebach's bundle – Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864–1940), Dutch anatomist; Wernicke's area – Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician, anatomist, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
Image credits: Bettmann / gettyimages #3 Connie Converse. Elizabeth Eaton Converse, most commonly known by her stage name Connie, is often hailed as one of the first modern singer-songwriters, and ...