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Vagotomy, the most popular of all, is the vagus nerve operation for ulcers, developed by Chicago's Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt (TIME, Aug. 26). Some 2,000 vagotomies have already been performed in the U.S.; Dr. Dragstedt is credited with 300. Properly done, the operation seems to be generally successful in stopping certain ulcers of the small intestine (Dr. Dragstedt does not recommend it for stomach ulcers...
Convention delegates showed plenty of interest in vagotomy, the nerve-cutting operation developed by Chicago's Dr. Lester R. Dragstedt (TIME, Aug. 26), which is currently popular among ulcer specialists. But even that new hope was dampened by Dr. Russell S. Boles of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Said he: "While it is too soon to form conclusions about this operation, it is not too soon to . . . protest against . . . a mass experiment on human beings that is fraught with potentially serious and permanent disabilities." Dr. Boles's warning: the vagus operation, which partially paralyzes the stomach, may produce diarrhea...
Clarence Day Sr. outdid Jeeter Lester -or would this week, when Lindsay & Grouse's Life with Father gave its 3,183rd consecutive Broadway performance, one more than Tobacco Road's previous world record. For the occasion, co-author Howard Lindsay and wife Dorothy Stickney, the original Father & Mother, agreed to resume their roles for a one-night stand. The demand for tickets was so great that they decided to extend their stand to two weeks. Also for the occasion, the play's pressagents compiled some statistics...
...greatest number of questions to ask Zionist and Arab spokesmen. He turned to Henri Cattan, and asked (as if he knew): "Do you realize that in the Dead Sea there are $3,000,000,000,000 worth of minerals?" Cracked the committee chairman, Canada's witty, brisk Lester Pearson: "Gentlemen, I think our work is over. . . . We have found [indicating Asaf Ali] our special committee of inquiry...
...conservative U.S. papers the sultry little tale from Havana got what it deserved: decent burial on an inside page, below the fold. In the tabloids, and such dailies as are tabloids under the skin, the life, loves and death of one John Lester Mee got top billing as the season's spiciest mixture of sin, sex, masochism and mon-keyshine justice. It was the type of news the U.S. press tells only too well, and loves to tell...