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...Physician, heal thyself...
...wavering, death-sick world, America can offer a path of hope, a road to sanity, a way to safety, prosperity and world peace. . . . Harassed as we are by domestic strife, some may be tempted to retort, 'physician, heal thyself.' It is true that the American way has at times failed lamentably, but when it has failed it has been because the moral and spiritual factors have been rejected or ignored. Denying God, rejecting God's way, pursuing power and abusing it ... these are the dangers threatening the peace of America, the peace of the world...
...dropped the traditional chaulmoogra oil as worthless.) Because leprae bacilli are tough, and most of Carville's patients are in advanced stages of the disease, recovery is slow. But heavy daily injections of Promin (or doses of Diasone or Promizole pills) gradually clear out the bacilli, reduce swellings, heal lesions...
BROKEN BONES. In simple fractures of the ribs, collarbone and some other bones, anesthesia of the neighboring area with novocaine is often the only treatment needed. The bones heal almost painlessly without splints, bandages or much interference with the patient's normal activity...
Besides stopping bleeding (by reacting with blood to form tiny clots inside the sponge), gelatin has two important surgical advantages over conventional gauze pads: 1) it helps wounds heal, 2) it can be left in the body, because it is absorbable.* Said Dr. Jenkins: the new material should make possible heart and cancer operations hitherto all but ruled out because of the great loss of blood...