Word: dermatologist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...classic case: a New York woman, suffering from bursitis in her shoulder, received a radiation burn from excessive X-ray treatment, was later warned by a skin specialist that cancer might develop. She sued, and an appeals court in 1958 awarded her $15,000 for "cancerophobia" induced by the dermatologist's warning...