Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aggressive and persistent; one who welcomes and encourages new avenues of approach to problems; a tireless worker; a severe but constructive critic; discriminating in his estimate of scientific contributions; a stimulating teacher; a forceful lecturer; an indefatigable contributor to scientific movements; a scholar; beloved by students and colleagues; a physician of the highest ideals...
...told newsmen. "We've bounced three college presidents and made three new ones in the record time of two hours. And that's just the beginning of what's going to happen." Presidents bounced by the Bilboard of Trustees (composed of two dentists, three lawyers, a physician, a bank cashier, controlling all but State Teachers College) were Chancellor Alfred E. Hume of the University, Buz M. Walker of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, Nellie Kiern of the Women's College.* New heads appointed were Chancellor Joseph Neely Powers, realtor (dismissed from same office in 1924); Hugh...
...Joseph John Pfiffner developed the medicine. It is a purified extract, a hormone, of the suprarenal glands.* Johns Hopkins and the Mayo Clinic have used the extract on some 30 cases of Addison's disease. One case reacted favorably in 48 hours. Thomas Addison (1793-1860), English physician, traced this disease named for him to derangements of the suprarenal glands. Victims of Addison's disease (men are more often afflicted than women) are almost always between 20 and 40. They feel weak all over; their stomachs are irritable; their blood pressure is low; and, most notably, their skin...
...Clark, who is a physician of considerable experience with hospital work, writes as one would expect a professional man to speak on a subject on which he is well informed, but not a specialist. His comments are the result of thoughtful observation, and they form a criticism of American standards that is decidedly interesting and somewhat disturbing. If the statements are at times rather sweeping and general, they are none the less challenging...
...earthy, uncomprehending Breton peasants of La Motte, France, Dr. Pierre Etienne Meral, Russian-born, onetime personal physician to King Menelek II of Abyssinia, announced that he intended to commit suicide. A melancholy Tolstoian who could not conscientiously use violence on himself, he decided to starve himself to death. Last week, after 60 days of debilitating hunger, he succeeded...