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...basis for this reproach is an article in the February issue of GP, a magazine for family physicians, published by the American Academy of General Practice. In it, Dr. Alfred S. Evans of the University of Wisconsin cites his clinical experience with a group of amorous Wisconsin students, and compares his findings with the West Point study of Colonel Hoagland. He notes thus, slyly: "I'm embarrassed to say that the Wisconsin student is engaged in this type of osculatory activity almost as often as the West Point cadet...
...heat, it's the humidity," was only locally and partially true. Heat, both wet and dry. sent scores of patients to hospitals and some to their graves. The heat was a burning question for laymen and military surgeons. But two doctors write in GP (published by the American Academy of General Practice) that civilian physicians pay too little attention to its dangers, and unwittingly contribute to the heat's toll of illness and death...
...from tranquilizing a child, some of the potent drugs given to prevent nausea and vomiting may throw him into convulsions, warns a Manhattan pediatrician. In some cases, says New York University's Dr. Sidney Q. Cohlan in GP (published by the American Academy of General Practice), even moderate doses of drugs in the phenothiazine family* produce alarming and puzzling convulsions...
...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...