Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. They will be placed in trees on the Mercersburg campus in memory of a onetime student?Calvin Coolidge Jr. ¶ In the south gardens of the White House, crocuses bloomed, hyacinths budded. ¶ James Coupal, M.D. and Major U. S. A., the President's personal physician, told the President he must cut out "handshaking" His patient obeyed. Swiftly the word went forth that the President loves handshaking, that he would like to shake all the millions of hands in the U. S. But the fact remained that he quit?at least temporarily. It was estimated that...
Finds No Flaws Sirs: As a physician who believes the public should be better informed in matters pertaining to the advances made in medicine and surgery, permit me to voice my hearty approbation of your department "Medicine." I can assure you it is doing most constructive work, for which the entire profession should be grateful. Your articles on Dr. Lorenz, Dr. Benjamin and Dr. Dandy, in TIME, March 22, are most comprehensive. I have of late tried to find flaws in this department (which appears to be quite a pastime with your readers) but have failed in my quest...
...personal affairs of the men with whom I come in contact-the way they live is. their affair. My job is to look after myself so I can stick on the job and give them plenty of work to keep them busy." He keeps fit by keeping a physician hired permanently to guard his health. Although a strong individualist, he agreed that all executives should keep themselves physically fit to conduct properly the affairs of their business. But the keeping fit by golf playing, he sneered at. Doubtless he realized that many a golf game is but the excuse...
...female such blocking off is very difficult, practically impossible. Yet results comparable to those from the Steinach operation on men have been obtained for women by use of the Xray. The X-ray is extremely penetrating, throws shadows of the anatomy on suitably placed photographic films, which the physician may study for better diagnosis. To get such a photograph the patient is exposed to the rays for only some seconds. Prolonged exposure causes. destruction of tissue. So this latter phenomenon physicians use to devitalize cancerous growths-and on the ovaries to bring on artificial menopause...
...Charles L. Lockwood of the Gorgas Memorial Institute, explained in Chicago last week, there is ever the possibility of stomach ulcer, of appendicitis, of obstructed intestines, cases in which cathartics are a positive menace, cases in which only a surgeon or skilled physician should intervene. In cases of stomach ulcer the stomach wall is thinned or even already perforated. The carthartic induces the stomach to contract and the partly digested food oozes into the peritoneal cavity. Fatal peritonitis results. In intestinal obstruction the intestines may be blocked by the caked products of digestion or they may be blocked...