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That Tired Feeling. Maya's famed Internist Dr. Walter Clement Alvarez gave the doctors some unconventional advice: "Often what you find in a patient has nothing to do with the case." In trying to explain why a patient has "that old tired feelin','' he said, the doctor might turn up some soft gallstones, a slightly low basal metabolism rate or a few intestinal parasites. But the doctor should remember that things like that cannot cause the great fatigue the patient complains about. The commonest cause of abnormal weariness, he said, is a "nervous breakdown," a term...
...current issue from one of their own and from a pair of practitioners in other fields. Dr. Allen Oldfather Whipple, clinical director of Manhattan's Memorial Hospital, told them how not to act in the operating room-with specifications. Then they got another lecture from Manhattan Internist Mack Lipkin and Psychiatrist Edward Joseph, who complained that too many surgeons do not know how to handle surgery patients, anyhow...
...Norton S. Brown, internist, for marrying (third husband) Writer-Actress Ilka (In Bed We Cry) Chase...
...opinion of no less an authority than Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, famed Mayo Clinic internist, doctors should take a long, suspicious look at mineral oil. Said Fishbein, quoting Alvarez: "These observations raise the grave question . . . whether mineral oil can be used safely, year in and year out, as some persons use it; they also raise the question whether purveyors of food should ever be allowed to substitute mineral oil for the edible fats...
...member can choose his group and "family doctor," is entitled to 24-hour service. An internist will take care of the patient's stomachaches, an obstetrician will shepherd his wife through maternity, a pediatrician will look after his children -and nobody will worry about fees...