Word: commonest
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...husbands' commonest mistake was in trying to coddle their mentally sick wives. They didn't want to discuss things that both they and their wives were worried about. Dr. Gordon eased them out of their oversolicitude. Then there was the problem of going out socially. One of the salesmen was scared to take his wife out to dinner with friends for fear somebody would upset her with a careless remark about "nuts" or "crazy people." Dr. Gordon convinced him that he should let his wife decide for herself. She did. They went out and had a good time...
...hospitals would stop using nurses for orderly jobs, said Marian J. Wright of Detroit's Harper Hospital. A survey showed that 27% of the hospitals studied use nurses to make empty beds, and 18% make them mop floors. ¶ The chance of recovery from schizophrenia, commonest of the serious mental illnesses, has almost doubled in 25 years, the National Association for Mental Health reported. In a survey of New York State institutions, it found a recovery rate (partial and total) of 55%, against...
...doctors come to err so often? Their commonest stumble was a "functional" (i.e., not organic) heart murmur, of a type which Dr. Goldwater describes as "transitory, innocent." Sometimes they were misled by high blood pressure. Other errors were more surprising: tuberculosis, cancer of the stomach and latent syphilis were all mistaken for heart trouble...
...Stokes offers no promise that man can gain immunity against the commonest virus-;that of the common cold...
...been stung 477 times, went home from the hospital completely recovered after 20 days of treatment (with penicillin, ACTH and antihistamines). ¶ Four Brooklyn doctors have found that an extract from the liver of pregnant cows gives prompt relief to most of their cases of osteoarthritis (by far the commonest form of arthritis, for which ACTH and cortisone are useless). ¶ After an executive's son fell into a poison ivy patch, researchers of the National Lead Co. went to work, announced last week a quick cure for ivy poisoning: ointment containing a salt of zirconium...