Professor Stephen Hawking addresses Headway conference

In 1962, medical tests were more primitive. The speaker describes a two-week hospital stay involving various procedures, including muscle sampling and x-ray observations. Despite these tests, the diagnosis remained unclear, with doctors indicating a worsening condition and limited treatment options, such as vitamins.

What was injected into the narrator's spine?

• Anesthesia

• Radio-opaque fluid

• Contrast dye

• Vitamins

What did the doctors tell the narrator about their condition?

• It would improve

• It would get worse

• They could cure it

• They were unsure