Word: method
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Schooler is seen sulking around the halls of Baker with his cases hidden under his coat. Inevitably, upon questioning, he admits that he is carrying sheets marked "confidential, for classroom use only." Actually this is no mark of a great secret document, but merely the administration's method of saying that they have not been able to copyright the case. They manage to copyright almost everything and the "confidential" case is the exception rather than the ruls...
...surgeon's knife can reach into the brain to sever the tensions which underlie a psychopathic personality. This drastic method of rescuing psychotic patients from complete insanity is not exactly a new invention. It has been developed in Lisbon by Dr. Egas Moniz since 1935. But now two men who have pioneered this treatment in the U.S.-Neurologist Walter Freeman and Neurosurgeon James W. Watts of George Washington University-have published a book, Psychosurgery (Charles C. Thomas; $6), based on their work. Some 300 people in the U.S. have had their psychoses surgically removed, Dr. Freeman revealed last week...
...possible solution to the military surgeon's problem of regenerating severed nerves was suggested last week by Dr. Nilson de Rezende of Rio de Janeiro in the New York State Journal of Medicine. His method: transplantation of nerves from cadavers, and the use of glue instead of stitches to hold the grafts in place. Destruction of sections of the peripheral nerves (those near the surface of the skin) is rare in civil life, says Dr. de Rezende, but it occurred in 3,500 of the 200,000 U.S. casualties in World...
...Howard Wildman has saved 5,000 man-hours per year by an improved method of machining delicate parts for naval instruments, has also simplified the machinery so that rejects are now down to a new low of 2%. Award...
Summing up the situation, Dr. Fitz said, "I feel sure that some method will be worked out to insure a continuous supply of medical doctors...