Word: gp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...magnetic tractors" allegedly drew diseases out of such celebrities as George Washington. He was discredited only when his magnetic tractors were discovered to be two pieces of painted wood. Since Elisha Perkins' day, medical charlatanism has made great strides, notes Dr. William H. Gordon in the medical magazine GP. Frequently the quackery is keyed to news of medical progress. Use of radioactive isotopes in medicine, for example, inspired some Comanche County, Texas entrepreneurs to sell packages of their local topsoil, which contained faint traces of uranium. Patients were supposed to sit with their feet in the topsoil for relief...
...Diabetes among children is increasing, warns University of Rochester Pediatrician-Professor Gilbert B. Forbes in GP magazine of the American Academy of General Practice. His observations about young diabetes victims: 1) underweight, not obesity, plays a major role in diabetes among the young; 2) eating too many sweets does not lead to diabetes; 3) almost all juvenile diabetics need insulin, and it is best to begin treatment in a hospital; 4) to avoid making a child bitter, some control should be sacrificed, e.g., diet breaks on birthdays...
Last week Writer de Kruif recanted. In GP, published by the American Academy of General Practice, he violently attacked group practice in general, and the Kaiser plan in particular. Wrote De Kruif: "[I was] sold a bill of goods, that the ancient, close, personal relation between doctors and their patients-that's the pride and the unique distinction of family physicians-was no longer necessary . . . The good old family doctor? He'd soon be a relic, replaced by integrated groups of specialists, all streamlined under an ultramodern hospital roof . . . It dazzled me to watch the plan...
...Many overweight patients who have tried reducing routines without success can be helped if unobtrusiveness is added to the prescription, reports Philadelphia's Dr. Jacob J. Cohen in GP. They are told not to tell their friends about the regimen until results are obvious; they are allowed small sodas or short beers, and any drugs prescribed are taken at home before breakfast...
...independent life and motility of its own. It was believed to be the cause of hysteria, which was derived from the Greek word for womb (varepo.). Even today, a "host of taboos, legends and mysteries" persist. So say two Salt Lake City psychiatrists in the current issue of GP (published by the American Academy of General Practice). According to Drs. C. H. Hardin Branch and David E. Reiser, "otherwise sophisticated and intelligent" women are extremely naive in their attitude to the functioning of the womb and its psychological overtones. Some women "seem to attempt denial of its actual attachment...