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...Bacteria & a Mother-in-Law. Very few -only one-tenth-of U.S. psychiatrists are out & out psychoanalysts. But any psychiatrist may try to find out a patient's troubles by thoughtful questioning. Dr. Will Menninger describes himself as a "psychodynamic psychiatrist." Says he: "The distinction between Freudian psychiatrists and non-Freudians is becoming infinitesimal. Dynamic psychiatry is being accepted more & more widely ... In other words, people are beginning to see that damage of the same kind can be done by a bullet, bacteria or a mother-in-law." The extreme Freudian approach, he thinks, is "almost metaphysical." Although strong...
Doctors do not attribute penicillin's success to its effect on a cold virus. It probably affects only the bacteria that flourish in the tissues disorganized by the virus. Whatever it does, it seems to help...
...miraculous"; within 20 minutes Mihlan was resting comfortably. As an added precaution, he was given intravenous fluids and penicillin. The aluminum foil, which looks like the inside wrapping of a cigarette package, acts as a seal for the body fluids that seep from burned surfaces. It also helps kill bacteria, speeds healing. Twelve days after being bandaged, Mihlan was out of bed. Last week, unscarred, but temporarily reddened, he left the hospital...
...factor" have been tried out on patients at Western Reserve University's hospital in Cleveland. Two aged women, extremely ill with pernicious anemia,' responded as well as patients respond to liver extract. The discovery is important. For the first time, a laboratory has produced from commonly occurring bacteria a substance with anemia-treating properties, and pernicious anemia patients are freed from the ups & downs of the meat market. Liver extract, obtained from cow livers, varies in quality. The new product will eventually be mass-produced and comparatively cheap. The animal protein factor has proved that it clears...
...York World-Telegram was whooping up its favorite hot-weather story: pollution of Manhattan's beaches. The U.S. Public Health Service, said the World-Telegram, considers any water with a count of more than 1,000 coliform bacteria (pollution by sewage) per 100 cubic centimeters (a large mouthful) unfit for bathing. Samples from Coney Island and Staten Island ran above 6,900. The East River...