The alkaloid also acts on the myocardium to depress conduction and irritability, as well as to prolong the myocardial refractory period. |
Surgery is not the buzz kill it once was, and corrective operations and medicine can prolong careers. |
After all, part of his or her vocation is to tend the sick with care and conscientiousness, not just cure disease or prolong life. |
Elements of occultism were reflected in claims of ability to prolong life and transmute metals. |
Many legends have spoke on its great and fabled powers, saying that it has the ability to drop gold and prolong life, so on. |
Only by concerted action can we counter the sheer humanity of those who wish to prolong the agony of death. |