Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...truth of the matter is not that our critics have sensitive palates or have been brought up in an environment that recognizes the importance of the beverage connoisseur, the heavy drinker or the excellent use to which alcohol may be put as an antiseptic; but that they write "reviews" and not theatrical "criticism." This situation is easily evidenced if an enterprising person should find the concern to read Bernard Shaw, Archer or Walkeley and compare them to their modern counterparts. The poverty of mind, soul and spirit that gaps the present generation of commentators from their predecessors should lead...
...happy, precious five, So long as I'm alive Nor try to ask me what You should be happy for; Think, if it helps, of love Or alcohol or gold, But do as you are told. I could (which you cannot) Find reasons fast enough To face the sky and roar In anger and despair At what is going on, Demanding that it name Whoever is to blame: The sky would only wait Till all my breath was gone And then reiterate
...successfully reimplanted in their own sockets, and had done it once himself. He pulled the embedded tooth, took out the dead nerve, plugged the base of the tooth with porcelain to prevent discoloration. Thereafter, he departed from standard practice in two ways. Instead of sterilizing the tooth with alcohol (which he feared might injure the blood clot necessary to hold the tooth in place), Dr. Slattery used aureomycin. Instead of ramming the tooth back into place by force (which he feared might injure the gum tissues), he inserted it as gently as he could, patiently held it in the socket...
...pieces lor newspaper syndication. In a humorous vein Wheeler plants his diet tips ("I put a halt to salt"), generously allows his readers to balance their calories over three-day periods so they have time to do penance for bursts of overindulgence. Instead of frowning on high-calorie alcohol, Elmer simply warns against sweet mixes' and high-proof liquor ("for every proof add a calorie"). Those who can't keep count of drinks should pocket a match with every drink, count the toll next morning...
...Quentin boasts today. Over the years he had also brought a new standard of medical care to the convicts. Stanley began using spinal anesthesia (which he could administer unaided) long before most doctors, because the prison anesthetist (a convict) was a drunkard who habitually drank up all the medical alcohol in the surgery...