Word: curran
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Donna Turner, 6-0, 6-2; Captain Lissa Muscatine whipped Lauri Sedecino, 6-4, 6-4; Suki Magraw bested Beth Aries, 6-3, 6-0; Rita Funaro, playing at four instead of her usual five slot, swept past Kathy Conway, 6-3, 6-1; Jill Robertson eased by Ann Curran, 6-0, 6-2; and Ingrid Sarapuu beat Carol Wesling...
...William J. Curran, Lee Professor of Legal Medicine, says that many acupuncturists in Boston "do not do an adequate job in determining what is exactly wrong with the patient." He says that everything is done on a "quick in and out" basis and there is very little follow-up on the patient...
...Curran sees this as a major drawback to the acceptance of acupuncture and, he says, all of the "exaggerated claims" that have been reported are reasons why the techniques has met with so much opposition here...
...because the doctors are hesitant, the laws regarding acupuncture are strict. The procedure is still regarded as an "experimental technique" in most states. Curran, for example, does not think acupuncture will be integrated with traditional medicine in the foreseeable future. In most states, the only persons who may administer the needles are a licensed physician or somebody under his or her direct supervision...
...Curran says that Boston has "learned from New York's mistakes" and that there have not been any law suits regarding illegal use of acupuncture here. The laws in Boston, he says, are more flexible than in New York, because Massachusetts law does not have a specific definition of medicine...