Slow Death

Pedler, D.R. and Adovasio, J.M. (2006). After Clovis some thoughts on the slow death of a paradigm. Paper presented at 36th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 2-6 May 2006, Quebec City, Canada. 

Putman J. (1972). Quicksilver and slow death. National Geographic 142(4), 507-527. 

Arsenic poisoning results in loss of hair, accumulation of arsenic in the body and slow death. 

I helplessly watched my daughter suffer an excruciatingly slow death as she screamed and arched her back in pain, while the vaccine did as it was intended to do and assaulted her immature immune system. 

As for units, I think it is fair to say that for the theoretician the only acceptable ones are atomic units and for the experimentalist the only acceptable ones arc the Syst me Internationale. However, the cgs-esu system dies a slow death and for the sake of making comparisons, but by no means condoning the use of the cgs-esu system, I give in Table 2 the relations between all commonly used units in this subject. The fundamental constants used were taken from Cohen and Taylor [10],... 

Such attitudes are dying a difficult, slow death, Frank says. Sooner or later, his work will transform the way people drive, because the results are undeniable. His cars are better than anything in any showroom anywhere, and the word is finally out Andy Frank s cars can save the world. 

In general, neurodegeneration in neurodegenerative diseases is accompanied by site-specific premature and slow death of certain neuronal populations in central and peripheral nervous systems (Graeber and Moran, 2002). For example in AD,... 

One of the most useful of the insect hormone antagonists is diflubenzuron (4.81), which is l-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)urea. It prevents moulting in flies and mosquitoes by inhibiting formation of the enzyme that converts UDP-acetylchitosamine to chitin, an inhibition that leads to slow death. It also inhibits egg hatching and, for larviporous insects such as the African tsetse fly, no viable offspring appears. It is harmless to Man (Jordan and Trevern, 1978). 

There was then—and there still is—argument over whether or not the atomic bomb should have been used, but this seems an odd sort of argument. Civilian or military, fast or slow, death is death. It is strange to argue about who should die, how many, and in what manner. 

Only on rare occasions did the comix artists pull back from scathing depictions of nuclear horror. Slow Death 9, which was entirely devoted to anti-nuclear themes, made a slight step in that direction. In perhaps the most thoughtful story, visitors from space discovered that earth had abandoned all nuclear activity "But it was too late. The entire population had been exposed—the next generation was mutated. The entire culture was lost.. . . We might as well return to... 

Blister agents blister the skin and produce chemical bums to any exposed part of the body. Eyes, mucous membranes, and lungs are especially sensitive. Unlike nerve agents, which can kill exposed people rapidly, blister agents are primarily intended to injure rather than kill. Injured people require attention by responders, and thus tie up more resources than dead people. Large-scale severe injuries or slow deaths are strategically more effective in defeating the enemy soldiers efficiency. 

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