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Briggs Hall placed second ("Three more years of Harvard men/ The ratio's one to ten"). Saville House sand "If someone would do pre-med with me/ I'd learn anatomy/ Harvard has the cure for you," while Whitman complained that Harvard men ". . . would rather go to Wheaten/ To find girls who put the heat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Conjures Rain In Soggy Song-Feast | 10/25/1955 | See Source »

...symptoms of mononucleosis are deceptively common: A sore throat, a little fever, perhaps some perspiring, slightly swollen glands, and a listless, fatigued feeling. These usual Monday morning sensations are often ignored by students, allowing the disease to entrench and become disproportionately difficult to cure...

Author: By Seahen B. Shot, | Title: Infectious Mononucleosis | 10/25/1955 | See Source »

...hearts rather than from the operation itself. The principal purpose of the operation, says Beck, is to "take the steam out of successive attacks," which occur in 50% to 80% of coronary cases, with the chances of survival steadily decreasing. Said he to reporters: "Coronary surgery can't cure, but it ... prolongs the patient's life and makes him more comfortable. Nine of ten patients who receive the operation are back at work and free or almost free of pain." He added that Ike's doctors probably would not take to his suggestion because "they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surgery for Ike? | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...Gwartney is quick to point out that hypnotic treatment did not "cure" the cough, but merely planted in the patient's mind the idea that she could suppress it herself. The girl still coughs occasionally, since there is a physical cause for the symptom, but her own knowledge that she can stop if she wishes has prevented long paroxysms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hypnosis for Cough | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

...Modesto's revelation is a modern snake oil cure a wild blend of How to Win Friends and influence People with what Riesman calls the "other-directed" personality. Bottled under the label Contralism, author Harrington's idea is not a now one, but it is a vivid satire on the life of the conformist and his descent into modiocrity...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: A Modern Snake-Oil | 10/6/1955 | See Source »

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