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...Will a decrease in cigarette smoking result in a concomitant decrease in the death rate from lung cancer...
Writing in the October issue of the Atlantic, Dr. Rutstein defends the validity of evidence linking cigarette smoking and lung cancer. The article is in the form of an "open letter" to Dr. Clarence C. Little '10, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee...
Citing 18 studies in five countries, Dr. Rutstein claimed that these show "either that patients with lung cancer are predominantly cigarette smokers, or that cigarette smokers have more lung cancer than do non-smokers." He said that he considered the evidence to be stronger than the evidence of Dr. Edward Jenner in 1796 when he recommended vaccination against smallpox...
Joseph de Borse-Day, 49, was a chef at The Bell in the fall of 1955 when he suddenly began losing weight-14 Ibs. in one week, followed by a serious hemorrhage. Surgeons removed a cancer-ridden right lung and several cancerous glands along his spine. De Borse's remaining lung developed bronchopleural fistulas, and the hospital staff rated his chance of recovery at just about zero...
...demanding title role is in the masterly hands of Barry Morse. Though still suffering on opening night from a throat and lung infection, he insisted with true Bergeracquian heroism on playing anyway. His performance certainly did not suffer, except for an occasionally gravelly voice. Morse can summon the panache, the spirit of bravura that the role requires. He becomes in turn all the things that make up Cyrano's character--braggadocio, courageous soldier, learned wit, testy quarreler, gallant lover, poetic lyricist, resigned indigent, noble altruist and pathetic but proud moribund. He gets a lot of variety out of his famous...