In the first case, immersion and envelopment are the phenomena that produce reduction in pressures at bony prominences. In the second, the change in areas of contact over time is the therapeutic consideration. We therefore propose the term âpressure redistributionâ to supersede these two terms.
The Clan of the Cave Bear. The Clan of the Cave Bear is the first installment in the Earth's Children series. Written by Jean M. Auel, it was first published in 1980 by Crown Publishing, Inc]. In 1985, Warner Brothers, Inc. adapted the novel into a motion picture starring Daryl Hannah. Here is a novel of awesome beauty and power.
The bears' bones, claw marks they left in the caves in which they lived, and even the beds they slept on, paint the best picture yet of how these magnificent creatures once lived. But more than that, researchers have also uncovered the petrified bones of the cave bear's foe, the Pleistocene cave lion. More than 25% bigger than today's African lions, the cave lion was itself an impressive predator, one that may have specialised in hunting cave bears for food.