Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...prove manipulation, even if it exists, is often a tough task. So instead of cracking down with a ponderous investigation that might have sent the whole market into a decline, the SEC office in Manhattan chose a smarter method of warning against strong-arm tactics. It issued a denial of anything more than a routine interest in the Chrysler rise. But by mentioning by name,, and only mentioning, the firm with which most Chrysler market moves are associated, SEC made its point perfectly, thus...
...William Lee of the U. S. Bureau of Mines was called in to judge the Haas method of finding gold. Said that Federal expert: "This is a doodlebug...
...half courses covering the history of science require considerable technical knowledge to be enjoyed; and cannot attract the student whose primary concern is to gain an insight into the scientific method. Such a course necessitates a lecturer whose approach would be virtually that of the layman, and who would realize that his sole purpose would be to stimulate interest in a field that has unfortunately come to be associated too much with pure technique...
Circumspectly he stated: "It is altogether too soon to assess the ultimate value of the method. Weeks to months must elapse before we can determine if the cancer masses continue to show shrinkage and absorption till their complete disappearance. Clinical evidence so far leads us to think that such disappearance may occur. ... No supply of this solution will be made available until its value has been definitely proved. The manufacture and therapeutic use of this enzyme solution is comparatively simple, when thoroughly understood. We can be responsible for no results obtained by investigators who have not had special training." Such...
Died. Dr. Alberto Rinaldi, good friend and physician to Conductor Arturo Toscanini, whom he successfully treated for bursitis ("conductor's arm"); apparently by being clubbed to death; in small Piazze, Italy. Worshipped and called "miracle man" by villagers, Dr. Rinaldi treated such ailments as arthritis by a secret method involving injections from mysterious phials. He visited patients at night clad in ghostly white vestments. The secret of his treatment he took to his grave. Upon Dr. Rinaldi's unexplained death, Toscanini, who had annually obtained relief from him, hastened to Piazze for the funeral...