Word: patient
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that after the recent nuclear misunderstanding, peace has finally been restored. This, we are proud to say, was the shortest war in the history of the world. It took two minutes and 28 seconds, including the signing of the treaty." After the broadcast, the surgeon casually inquires of a patient, "Who was the enemy?" "I haven't the least idea," comes the slightly startled reply...
...became progressively more incensed reading your recent article by the "volunteer patient" at Boston State Hospital fill at the end I was seething. It was a sanctimonious, closed-eyed, holier-than-thou look at a place with good and bad points, with choices, and with many people who care...
Having worked at BSH and having been heart-broken many times by institutional inertia and the lack of concern on the part of officials and doctors, I understand it's shortcomings. And to clear up a misconception one need not be a patient to understand what happens to them least of all a make-believe patient with preformed views...
...fill in ruts, potholes and other potential mosquito-breeding sites. Hanoi newspapers are urging the citizenry to "kill mosquitoes and larvae, prevent mosquitoes from biting," and closely supervise "daily sanitation in houses, gardens and streets." There is neither a preventive vaccine nor a specific cure for the fever. A patient's biggest asset is a constitution strong enough to see him through the five or six critical days. Treatment is palliative at best. The most advanced medication suggested by Hanoi authorities is a fermented mixture of green beans, horse-radish and earthworms...
...Birmingham. Until the advent of MIST, all the woman's doctor could have done was to seek help at random. Instead, he was able to telephone a central switchboard; the operator immediately put him through to MIST's pharmacologist, whose specialized knowledge may have saved the patient's life...