Word: human
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Charles Macfie Campbell, ingoing president of the American-Psychiatric Association, toyed with the notion of lending psychiatry to statecraft when he asked: "In the sphere of politics and statesmanship, is it possible to make the present available knowledge of human nature of any practical effect? ... As a beginning one might arrange a special consultation service for legislators and statesmen, where they could get some insight into the problems of their own personality as an introduction to a proper understanding of their fellows...
...Ferris caused typical fibrillation in the seven species of animals with which he experimented by running various kinds and amounts of electricity between fore and hind legs. Thus he caused the currents to traverse the animals' hearts. He had no need to experiment with human beings after he learned that an average-sized pig matches a fat little man in body weight and heart weight; an average sheep matches heart and body of a medium-sized woman. Having discovered those facts, Mr. Ferris learned that a couple of French physiologists in 1899 had found that a strong electric shock...
...Louis Emmet Mahoney of Los Angeles prevents gas pains by giving patients all the food which they can comfortably eat right after their operations. His theory: "The human intestinal tract is a muscular tube, the mucous membrane of which secretes digestive ferments and the motility of which is largely dependent upon these ferments and the presence and character of the food material in the bowel. Activity of the liver, the chemical engine of the body, and the secretion of bile is greatly influenced by the amount and the variety of ingested food. Whenever starvation supervenes, and the usual hospital liquid...
According to the inexplicable "Rule of 87'' which seems to determine the ratio between single and multiple human births, approximately one pair of twins occurs to every 87 singles; one set of triplets to about 7,569 (87 squared) singles. The chance which brought quadruplets to the Raspers was thus one in 658,503 (87 cubed). The Dionne quintuplets, who last week were awaiting a visit from the Keys quadruplets of Hollis, Okla. (see p. 38), are, according to this rule, unique among 57,000,000 humans...
...particular book or books will be stressed, officials pointed out. The aim of the exhibit is to relate the displays to the University's function of education. The human side of source materials will be featured. "We are not interested in singling out specific books or particular titles," Mr. Walton said. "We are seeking to show groupings of books and their influence on education in the broader sense...