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Millard Wright had spent 15 of his 38 years in jail when, in an attempt to cure his urge to steal, he had a prefrontal lobotomy (cutting of nerve pathways in the forebrain). That was five years ago (TIME, July 14, 1947). For his possible contribution to medical science, Wright drew a light sentence, and he behaved so well that after 2½ years he was paroled. He got married, worked as a bus washer, and his lawyer and physician thought he was going straight...
...asked Wright why he had gone back to crime, he shrugged and said: "You fellows know the questions, so you ought to know the answers." The truth was that neither the detectives nor the neurosurgeons were any nearer to knowing what makes an incurable thief, let alone how to cure...
Over the years, more than 40,000 people, two-thirds of them U.S. citizens, took the Cuernavaca cure, bringing the state government an average $30,000 a year in fees, and enriching several local lawyers. If the divorcing spouse got in touch with the right lawyer, it was not even necessary to show up in Cuernavaca. Most divorce seekers, however, gladly made the trip. With its lush gardens, colonial buildings, year-round swimming pools and air-conditioned cocktail lounges, Cuernavaca is an agreeable place to spend a few days. Among the divorce-bound visitors: Heiress Barbara Hutton, Actress Myrna...
...reason for the lively attention given to obesity is the fact that it can be cured here & now. Medical science does not have to wait for the answers; it is well established that overweight people can cure themselves by eating less. A second reason for the all-out attack on obesity: doctors are armed with more facts than ever to show how dangerous...
Communists, Conant believes, are of necessary part of an international secret conspiracy. As such they are unfit teachers and he would not now knowing engage on for his faculty. Nor, on the other hand would he institute any drive to uncover possible Communists at Harvard "the cure is worse than the disease in an academic community." Conant admits that he frankly had no idea of while he would do if a trusted faculty member walked up to him one day and said "I am now and have always been a Communist. Do something about it." Say Conant. "You could...