Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...completely buried implant, used by Dr. Stanley Behrman of Cornell University Medical College. The Behrman method, aided by modern physics, uses tiny (onequarter inch long) cobalt-platinum alloy magnets, the most powerful of their size ever developed. Inserted into the upper or lower jaw, the magnets attract other small magnets placed in the overlying denture to keep them in place. The mesh-covered magnets are strong enough to last the life of the denture-user...
...date, the semiburied method has shown better powers of retention, stability and chewing efficiency, but because chewing sets up great stresses and mandibles change shape over periods of time, the Vitallium lattice tends to become ill-fitting and protrude from the gums. The magnet implant stays in place longer, and observations over a five-year period show no loosening or irritation. Says Dr. Behrman confidently: "This is a technique with a future...
...surgeons need expose less than three-quarters of an inch of scalp in making the incision. Dr. Williams notes that many women become depressed after having their heads shaved, feels the new technique will help diminish anxiety over brain surgery. So far Dr. Williams has used the hair-saving method in 20 operations without a single infection...
Into the Sandbox. The Freinet method was an outstanding flop. Pupils had to memorize whole words without any training in the alphabet, figure arithmetic problems without first handling numbers from one to nine. Any confused youngster was free to head for the playground. Shrugged one demoralized teacher: "Instead of struggling with their work, they jump into the sandbox...
...apostle of Celestin Freinet, a freewheeling French innovator who claims non-Freinet schools teach by the medieval notion of rigid authority, argues for a classless classroom, with the teacher as merely a "master companion" who discusses with the pupils what and how they should study. Montanari installed the Freinet method in all of San Marino's elementary schools except one: Mother Veronica's St. Clare's Convent...