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Charles, Phillipson, Berman and Sabath were all charged with "illegal dissection." During the investigation, lawmen also turned up what they saw as incriminating evidence against another doctor, Kenneth Edelin, the chief resident obstetrician at Boston City Hospital, where the allegedly illegal experiment was performed...
...Died. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher, 75, obstetrician and leading apostle of the family-planning movement; of leukemia; in Manhattan. A respected professor and clinician, Guttmacher preached that birth control information and devices must be made available to everyone. In 1962 he became president of Planned Parenthood-World Population and began jetting the globe to spread his message. He urged the use of I.U.D.s in underdeveloped countries, arguing that imperfect contraception was better than none...
Most doctors do not feel put upon by the demands of professional courtesy. Dr. Allen Charles, a Chicago obstetrician and gynecologist, delivers from three to six doctors' wives each month without charge. "I guess I should take it as a personal compliment when a doctor sends his wife to me," he says. Dr. Hugh Miller, a Newton, Mass., internist, feels that caring for colleagues is one of the things that sets doctors apart from others. "If you're a tradesman, then act like one," he says. "If you're a professional, then you should offer professional courtesy...
...statement was published yesterday in the Cambridge Chronicle and said that Harvard University is sponsoring a new Blue Cross-Blue Shield health care option which would not permit a patient to choose his own physician, surgeon, obstetrician, or hospital...
...tantalizing phenomena that seem to merit thorough investigation. Olga Worrall, director of the New Life Clinic at the Mount Vernon Methodist Church in Baltimore, told how she had cured warts and emotional disorders, and even helped cancer patients by the laying on of hands. Dr. Robert Bradley, a Denver obstetrician who is also president of the American Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, reported on the use of hypnotherapy, long ago proven effective in relieving pain and easing childbirth, to speed healing from surgical wounds...