Word: physician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doctor at Stillman Infirmary told Cosentino yesterday that he had a bad strain valnerable to rupture, but a physician at Dillon Fieldhouse said that there was nothing seriously wrong with him. Cosentino will not know for sure if he can play until he gets another check-up just before the game...
Sociologist de Vise cites another dismal statistic: 5% of Chicago's black ghetto infants die before reaching their first birthday-"a higher death rate than in any of the 50 states or any civilized nation." As for doctors, he says, the ghetto has "one physician for every 10,000 blacks, compared with one physician for every 700 whites...
...strike proved to be an unexpected bonanza for a handful. Arnold Bloom, of Manhattan, who transmits documents by facsimile machines to 31 centers in the U.S. and Canada, was besieged with requests to send everything from electrocardiograms to copies of Securities and Exchange Commission rulings. One physician requested the medical records of an American hospitalized in Europe. Messenger services thrived. New York City's Fleet Messenger Service, which normally handles 3,000 deliveries a day, had orders for 4,000 before noon on the first day of the strike. Another firm used the strike as an opportunity to go into...
...most cases, the specialized courses are taught by the professionals themselves. A physician gives the course in health services. A printer teaches printing, a jeweler gem cutting, an art historian a course in art history. And all of the professionals volunteer their services. As a result, the school's catalogue bulges with some 250 offerings. Philadelphias downtown area has literally become the school's campus, with students making their way from class to class by bus, subway or on foot...
There is no agreement within the medical community as to which of these approaches is best, and there is serious competition for the relatively small amount of money available to combat addiction. "Everyone sees everyone else as a threat to his program," says one New York physician, and his observation is as accurate as it is unfortunate. For while the experts are arguing, people are becoming addicted and dying...