Word: differences
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...head-wound cases. Last summer Major Ascroft summarized the clinical results of this experience in the British medical journal, The Lancet. Last week the New England Journal of Medicine declared Major Ascroft's article required reading for every U.S. military and civilian surgeon. Reasons: 1) "the conclusions differ so fundamentally from those previously authorized for publication by the [U.S.] War Department, which were largely reached shortly after World War I"; 2) the article settles a long debate among surgeons about when & how to deal with compound skull fractures...
...Ineptitude, No Magic. The visiting surgeons made it clear that there is neither ineptitude nor magic in Russian surgery. Russians, they said, excelled U.S. and British doctors in some respects, were not so good in others ("We all observe the same principles and differ only in the details"). Some of these "details" from the doctors' reports and the new Review suggest that Russia's doctors have few inhibitions...
...cream has not been tested in battle. But there have been many tests on volunteers at the Institute. During these tests, the doctors discovered that blonds, brunets and redheads differ in susceptibility to burns. They suggest that fighting men be encouraged to get suntanned as a burn protection. The new cream has also been demonstrated at the Army's Armored Command Research Medical Laboratory with a view to its use by tank crews, who, like sailors, are liable to powder and fuel flash burns...
...White's argument: the number of newspapers which can be published is limited only by enterprise, but the number of radio stations is limited by the frequencies available-which are scarce. Therefore, radio is less likely than the press to give an adequate hearing to those whose opinions differ from those of the commentators. White sent a sharp reminder to his staff to stick to the facts and to CBS's long-established policy of "no editorializing." He also spoke up in hope that the other networks would see the wisdom of CBS's ways...
Coordinating all the complex procedures and problems, especially of G-1 (Personnel) and G-4 (Supply), where U.S. and British methods differ most widely, is Chief Administrative Officer Lieut. General Sir Humfrey Gale. His pet project: a standard ration for British and U.S. Armies which will provide the same basic foods, yet satisfy the more violent national tastes (tea for Tommies, coffee for Yanks...