Show I V Women omen And Il I Whiplash Chicago Ill III INS W Whiplash injuries are a met- met plague to which women are particularly vulnerable vulnerable vulnerable able according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association IN URBAN areas the neck injury rate in ir car accidents for women is 48 times that of men In non-metropolitan non areas three times as many I women suffer whiplash Drs Charles H. H Schult and FI F F. I Curtis Dohan reported In many cases neck pain I and stiffness became more j severe days or weeks after after I r I the collision Inability to work I I I lasted an average of 56 calendar calendar calendar calen- calen I dar days I i iI I THE TIlE PHYSICIANS dismissed dismiss- dismiss I J i ed the widespread suspicion that much whiplash pain is exaggerated in pursuit of a large insurance settlement Gast Bast- histories revealed that victims not involved in pending litigation were disabled disabled dis dis- I for lor or just as long as victims vic vie I tims Urns suing for damages I |