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...first brain cases, etc. were really interesting. The first one had a bullet enter the top of his head and go three inches into his brain. I trephined a huge opening in his skull, opened up the dura mater, washed out a lot of shattered brains and put in a vaseline gauze drain. That night we had to move and took him along with us to a bungalow on a hill. Every time bombers came over, this patient got up and ran half a mile. After five days, during which he had no fever and was walking around everywhere-drain...
...honorary M.D.s and Ph.D.s had been virtually disgraced (but Bing Crosby got an honorary Ph.D. from his Alma Mater, Washington's Gonzaga University, in 1937). Today the usual honorary degrees are LL.D. (Doctor of Laws), Litt.D. (Letters), Sc.D. (Science), D.D. (Divinity). But Investigator Epler found that most people could not distinguish these from earned doctorates. Most frequent earned degrees corresponding to the honorary ones: Ph.D. (given in various fields), J.D. or J.S.D. (Doctor of Law or the Science of Jurisprudence), Sc.D. (Doctor of Science), Th.D. (Doctor of Theology...
...June of 1941 the new Dean returned to the University of Idaho to receive from his alma mater the honorary degree of LL.D. Several months later, Harvard announced his appointment as Associate Dean and William Ziegler Professor at the Business School, which took effect last February 1. Since that date Dean David has devoted most of his energies to these duties...
...When a person drinks too much alcohol, or whenever tissues are damaged, some of the body's natural proteins turn into a substance called histamine. Some researchers believe that histamine dilates the tender arteries of the tough membrane (dura mater) that lines the skull, and a splitting hangover headache is the result. High fevers and various kinds of infections also distend these arteries and cause pain...
...Woodstock, Ill. is a chub-cheeked young precocity named Orson Welles. Silver-haired Headmaster Roger ("Skipper") Hill, watching Orson's progress, has hoped ever since to turn up a few more like him. Last week Orson Welles made the lightning stroke more possible by giving his alma mater a check for $10,000, enough for five two-year scholarships...