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...Thayer North causes $100 worth in damages before it was discovered. Eliot House senior Richard Friedberg ’56 speaks at the Institute for Advanced Study on his solution to a math problem which has been unsolved for over a decade.2/25: Stillman Infirmary accepts its second woman patient ever, even though it is almost ‘impossible’ to treat women there. Three days later, eight Adams House residents were driven from their rooms when a fire broke out between the third and fourth floors of ‘B’ entry.3/5: The Freshman Smoker?...
Critics attacked containment as passive. But its architects did not propose that America sit back and await victory. They said America could be patient if it strengthened its democratic allies so their desperation did not push them into the arms of the communists. From that came the Marshall Plan. They said America could be patient if it nurtured alliances based on consent, because such alliances would outlast the Soviet bloc, which was held together by brute force. Thus, NATO. And they said America could be patient abroad if it democratically solved problems at home, something the Soviet Union could...
When a horse does get hurt, it's nice to have a repair shop like the Widener Hospital on hand. As would any doctor, one of the first things surgeon Dean Richardson did when Barbaro arrived was feel his patient's pulse--in several spots along the injured leg. Weak pulses or a cold foot would have meant that blood-vessel injury had occurred and the limb was lost. "He had good, strong pulses, and his foot was warm," says Richardson. "I was thrilled...
Whatever the cause, autism is treatable, and more and more people will come to understand that treating the whole patient and not merely the symptoms will produce the best results. A good rehabilitation program is a structured one that provides therapeutic stimulation to a nervous system that has failed to mature properly. Treatment should also offer advice on diet, nutrition and lifestyle issues, including sleep and behavior...
...himself was the patient under discussion. When we had a moment alone in the doctor?s lounge, I asked him "what's going on?" We talked about tests. It had to be his brain. His wise head therefore ordered itself shot through with x-rays, ultrasonic waves, magnet fields of strength found only around spinning stars, radio waves, injections of iodine, gadolinium, positron-emitting glucose. Many other brains were wracked for the sake of his; neurologists, neuroradiologists, infectious disease specialists. Tens of thousands of dollars of tests. No diagnosis...