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...syringe. For the first time, Dr. Heath spelled out his theory of the nature of schizophrenia, at which he had only hinted previously (TIME, May 14, 1956). He and his colleagues believe that schizophrenia is a "genetically determined metabolic disease"-i.e., a disorder of body chemistry which reflects a defect in the inherited genes. He relegated emotional stress, generally regarded as a major cause of the illness, to a minor role. Psychiatrist Heath also suggested that schizophrenia is far commoner than usually recognized, and that "the overwhelming majority of patients reporting to the psychiatrist for treatment are probably suffering...
...their egotism is preferable to the deadly altruism of the '30s, whose intellectuals minded everybody's business and loved mankind with a dreadful abstract love often indistinguishable from hatred. But Lucky Jim and pals also possess the defect of their egotistical virtue. Determined not to pledge a false allegiance, they reject all allegiances as false...
...touched by formal courses and to delve deeper, by intensive reading, into his field than he might do in a normal program of study," as one of the fortunate few has put it. There may be things wrong with the Advanced Placement--Course Reduction program, but certainly its greatest defect now is just its smallness. Few administrators would say only one of every 125 students has the intellectual capacity and integrity to meet requirements for Advanced Placement, and there are Undoubtedly more than thirty-five students in the college who would like to pursue courses of independent, individualized study...
Roosevelt said that a "fundamental defect of character" should disqualify Oppenheimer from this honor which could have been fulfilled by a more deserving man. Roosevelt added, however, that the committee had little hope of keeping Oppenheimer off the lecture platform...
...Blue babies. The Blalock-Taussig operation, with later modifications, is relatively safe but does not correct the underlying defects; it merely seeks to counteract them by adding an abnormal blood shunt. Young enthusiasts believe that an effort should be made to correct the abnormalities (open the pulmonary valve, close the interventricular defect and thus correct the overriding of the aorta). But deaths during and soon after operations of this type, with the heart-lung machine...