Word: antonic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Mesmer & Magnetism. Hypnotism has been inspiring public interest and noisy argument ever since the days, in 18th Century Paris, when Franz Anton Mesmer developed his controversial technique. It was first called mesmerism and then hypnotism (from a Greek word meaning sleep). In Mesmer's day, "magnetism" was the scientific catchword that "atomic" is today. Mesmer had already been kicked out of his native Vienna for acting on his belief that people got sick when they ran short of "magnetic fluid." He was out to show Paris that he could relieve the shortage. The Mesmer clinics are described...
...Harry Leichenger and George Eisenberg of the department of pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, and Dr. Anton J. Carlson, of the University of Chicago...
...Anton J. Carlson, dean of U.S. physiologists and president of the Research Council on Problems of Alcohol, was suspicious of white bread. Dr. Carlson pointed an accusing finger at nitrogen trichloride, a bleaching agent used in 90% of all white flour milled in the U.S. The bleaching agent makes wheat protein act like a nerve poison; dogs given large amounts of the bleached flour developed running fits. It may make people nervous, too, reported Dr. Carlson-and may even make it easier for them to become alcoholics. Said he: "Maybe we should provide, without delay, more iron in the education...
...cadaverous Willy Shubert, who had once earned a medal and a holiday in Italy for helping to kill 18,000 Russians in three months, refused to grovel. "I killed men on orders," he boasted, "and I killed men without orders." Sachsenhausen's commander in chief, pig-eyed, bulletheaded Anton Kaindl, more than made up for Willy's outburst. "I confess my heavy guilt," he told his judges, "and my sincere thanks go to the Soviet authorities for the procedure of this trial...
...Seated: Anton Kaindl (glasses). Standing in dock: August Hoehn...