Bottle Screw

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

249

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The tension in a sailing boat’s rigging is adjusted with a bottle screw, and a surgeon who’s a spare-time sailor has modified this device to take a leap forward in spinal surgery. A titanium version of the bottle screw, surgically inserted, can straighten even severe cases of curvature of the spine. An amazing case of a hobby inspiring one’s work!

Keywords

Ships and boats; Health and medicine; Science and technology; Sailing; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/249

Credits:

Cutter: Allen Bowry
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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