Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people more than he treated them, and that was probably for the best, given the primitive state of medical science and the appalling maladies of the time. Confronted with a patient who "breeds worms in his nose of stinking sweet and venomous humor," Forman sensibly recommended a change in diet and frequent face washing...
Mayer is a prolific writer. In addition to about 650 articles in scientific journals, he has written several books. His latest book, "A Diet For Living" was published last month. "It's the first completely non-technical book I've written and I have no idea whether I've succeeded," he said...
...Died. Euell Gibbons, 64, naturalist, connoisseur of wild foods and cookbook author, who in his writings and numerous television appearances campaigned to popularize a natural diet; of an apparent heart attack; in Sunbury, Pa. Gibbons became a hero of natural-food enthusiasts after the publication of his Stalking the Wild Asparagus...
...platypus, says Temple-Smith, is a very "solitary" animal. Each creature maintains its own burrow and forages for the sea-bottom mollusks and crustaceans that are its diet. When the female releases her young from the burrow, they don't, apparently, return but continue alone. Furthermore, the creature is nocturnal...
...Save-Your-Life Diet, Reuben...