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Though U.S. narcotics addiction is rising, physicians are still often unprepared for one poignant aspect: the newborn babies of addicted women. If the mother's dosage has been recent, her baby suffers drastic toxic effects, and often dies. The infant's symptoms resemble those of agonized adult withdrawal: convulsions, no appetite, bluish pallor, heavy sweating, endless, high-pitched crying. Since a pregnant woman addict may look quite normal-and rarely reveals her habit-the doctor is likely at first to suspect other ailments with similar symptoms, e.g., calcium deficiency. Proper treatment may be too late to prevent fatal...
...problem is growing, says Manhattan Pediatrician Herman Schneck in the Journal of Pediatrics. But if physicians train themselves to look for the phenomenon and make an early diagnosis, the addict's child can be weaned away in time. Reason: the baby's "addiction" is physiological, not psychic, can be cured by sedative drugs. To prevent emotional ties that could make the "addiction" psychic, the first move is to take the child from its mother. Best treatment is administering opiates or tranquilizers (Thorazine and reserpine seem most effective) in gradually diminishing amounts over a period of days or weeks...
...carried. But the razor wielder wildly demanded more money, sprawled into the front seat, pulled a pistol, and said, "I'm going to kill you anyway." Figuring "by then I had run out of chances," Dougherty grabbed the pistol and killed his fare, a 23-year-old dope addict...
Died. Dr. Manfred Joshua Sakel, 57, Austrian-born U.S. psychiatrist, originator of insulin shock treatment for schizophrenia; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. In 1927, while treating a famed European actress who was a diabetic and drug addict, Dr. Sakel accidentally administered an overdose of insulin, was amazed to see her craving for morphine subside. Theorizing on the correlation between physical and mental illnesses, he went on to try his overdoses on alcoholics and schizophrenics; in both cases the patients improved...
Adapted from Michael Gazzo's hit play, the film is compassionately directed by Fred Zinnemann. As a courageous woman preferring the truth, no matter how grim, to uncertainty, no matter how disguised, Eva Marie has her best role since her Oscar-winning role in On the Waterfront. Addict Murray conquers with restraint-a happy departure from the screaming-meemie interpretation so often accorded the junky's part. To the end, Rain is true to its unflinching credo. The odds seem to be against the emancipation of an addict with one relapse already on his record. Rain abates with...