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...society had done. "Lick 'em like a custard! They're crucifying a wonderful man-a genius." By no coincidence, Tobey is one of Lincoln's patients; he insists on getting the bacteriophage treatment three or four times a week in the office of Capitol Physician George Calver. He says that it has considerably reduced his high blood pressure...
Before the week was out, Congress took one step toward restoring legislative calm. The House voted $150,000 to buy new chairs for the House floor. The old wooden seats, explained Capitol Physician George Calver, were so long from front to back that when a member sat back, circulation was cut off at his calves. When he sat forward to ease his legs, he tended to slump down, push his stomach up into his lungs, impairing his digestion and breathing. The new armless models would permit members to recline in healthy, upholstered comfort and, possibly, improve congressional dispositions...
...Angeles, police booked baldish Edward T. Calver, branch manager of the Keeley Institute (for alcoholics), on a charge of drunkenness. Released on bail, he explained what had driven him to the bottle-nine long years of trying to keep lushes away from whiskey...
...Says Dr. Calver: "[Congressmen] are exploited by everyone. . . ." The average member also answers some 250 letters a day and worries about his bank account...
...Calver can do is to nag his clients to eat hot lunches, watch their weight and have yearly checkups. The Navy recently made Dr. Calver a temporary rear admiral and his grateful patients have passed a bill forbidding the Navy to transfer him without consent of the Congress...