Word: doctorate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...allow Salk vaccination of their daughter Alyson, 7. Mrs. Conn protested that it was dangerous and against her religious beliefs as a Christian Scientist. Said the judge: "I fail to see where a religious issue is involved." He set a precedent by ordering Alyson to be taken to a doctor and vaccinated...
...Narcotics addiction is 100 times more common among physicians than the general population, reported Detroit's Dr. J. DeWitt Fox, after analyzing federal statistics. One doctor in every 100 is a present or possible future victim. Main reasons: emotional problems, pressure of work or pain, plus easy access to the drugs...
...trouble in far too many cases of accidental poisoning, including those involving children, is that they are caused by proprietary preparations whose ingredients are not listed on the label. So even if a doctor is called at once, he may not know whether to treat the victim for acid or alkali, arsenic or strychnine poisoning. For such dilemmas, the book counsels: "As soon as vomiting occurs, or if it does not occur within a few minutes, give the patient several teaspoonfuls of 'universal antidote' "-a mixture of two parts activated charcoal, one part magnesium oxide and one part...
Died. Major General Joseph Ignatius Martin, 63, retired U.S. Army doctor, chief surgeon of the Fifth Army in Italy and Africa during World War II; of a heart attack; in Santa Rosa, Calif...
Best Foot. In Kansas City, Kans., Tommy Hess, 3, warned of pain by the doctor preparing to put a plaster cast on his broken foot, gingerly extended his leg, never whimpered during the 40-minute operation, only explained when the impressed doctor praised him, "It's the other foot that hurts...