| "Nerves" | |
| by Lester del Rey | |
| pub. 1942 | |
| collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIA | |
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| Doctors treating victims of an accident at an atomic converter plant also assist in the quest for a way to stop the chain reaction before it creates the destructive Isotope R. |
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all of the different references to "nerves" throughout the story. |
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the casual extrapolation of advances in medical treatment throughout the
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