Word: galen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sonny Lyell came from behind after losing his first two games to Johnny Humes, finally upsetting the runner-up to Brinton last Christmas with a tremendous finish. Princeton copped the third and fourth matches when Terry defeated Galen Felt, and Stan Pearson, champion of two years ago, stopped Stretch Baker...
...over Dartmouth by 8 to 1 and Williams by 9 to 0, an improved first string, and a substantial reserve strength bolster the expectations of the racquet-wielders from Cambridge. The nine men who are wearing the Crimson for the weekend's battles are southpaw Gene Nickerson, Sonny Lyell, Galen Felt Stretch Baker (six feet seven in his stocking feet). Captain Don Marvin, Decker Orr, Sandy Parker, Dud Palmer, and Doug Cochrane...
...naturalism of Hippocrates was frozen into a dogmatic system by the Roman physician Galen, who lived in the early days of the Christian era. A great showman, Galen often performed experiments on animals in public theatres. He wrote over 400 books. Because of his enormous practice, he was hated by other Roman doctors. Galen believed that the body was a perfect machine, dominated by the soul, set in motion by God. "Galen," said Dr. Castiglioni, "knows everything, has an answer for everything; he confidently pictures the origin of all diseases and outlines their cure." He perpetuated "fundamental errors," and "produced...
...Luther of Medicine," who violently attacked the authority of Galen, was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Paracelsus von Hohenheim. He was born in Switzerland in 1493. (Last week in Manhattan the New York Academy of Medicine celebrated the 400th anniversary of Paracelsus' death.) A hotheaded youth, Paracelsus doffed his doctor's biretta for a slouch hat, wandered through Western Europe, treating workmen and peasants. Because he believed in experience rather than in Galen's laws, he was hounded by his fellow doctors. No university would employ him, no printer would publish his books. But his motley disciples followed...
...parade with a 15-7, 15-10, 15-4 conquest of Bob Hendric, the number one man of the Purple. Gone Nickerson had a bit more trouble with speedy Bill Collins but won in four games, 12-15, 15-12, 15-9, and 15-11. At number three Galen Felt trimmed Bill Nicolls...