Word: combated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Southwark to investigate. Their Lordships have now reported. They say that "no sick person must look to a clergyman to do what it is a physician's or surgeon's duty to do." They add that it is the Church's duty to assist doctors to combat disease in God's name. "The physician is conscious that he is working with a mysterious partner inherent in life which we call vis medicatrix naturae, or the tendency of an established system to recover its equilibrium." Priest and doctor can join in the encouragement and sustenance of this...
...seeing who can run an octave with the greatest speed by the stopwatch or whether they will throw pianos at each other has not been determined. In any case, however, Rosenthal insists that the rules be such that if de Pachmann makes any of his famous remarks during the combat there shall be counted a foul...
...idea of a monarchy is still alive in France. We must break up all lines, organize for combat and agree on measures to be taken. Arm yourselves seriously and remain calmly silent so as to be able to strike energetically when the time comes. France will never be a great and strong nation again until she is protected by the heavy sword of a legitimate king. A legitimate descendant of the House of Capet is behind you and twill prepare the way for a triumphant return of the Kings of France and Navarre...
...proposed duties of the Department of Education would be to combat illiteracy, to promote the Americanization of the foreign-born, to train teachers uniformly, to develop physical education on a wide scale and in general to coordinate the work of state school systems...
Fifteen years ago there was no organized effort in any nation to combat mental disease and defect. Conditions in institutions for the insane and feeble-minded had advanced little since the time when "Bedlam" was first contracted from "St. Mary's of Bethlehem," an English asylum. The idea of forestalling and preventing the development of mental disorders was a novelty...