Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...young (37) White House physician was there to assert that he was an utter ignoramus about his speculation in the commodity markets. He almost succeeded in proving it. Although he was a trader on margin, he said he did not know the meaning of the term "margin" (a woman sitting behind him snickered: "That's what you spread on bread...
After a red-faced 80 minutes, the General was excused from the witness stand. Next day a White House announcement said that he would "continue as White House physician...
...reported promptly to the Hygiene Department. Any student who is ill at home should submit to the Department of Hygiene immediately on his return to classes a statement from his doctor giving the diagnosis and time absent from classes. Unless there is prompt reporting of illness and a physician's statement presented immediately on return, absences will not be excused...
...Emperor he took private anatomy lessons from Court Physician Jean Nicolas Corvisart, but the lessons made him feel ill; often he asked doctors for some assurance that disease could not be inherited. On St. Helena, a month before his death, he returned to questions about the anatomy and physiology of the stomach. As he was dying, the hidden fear erupted in his delirium: "My father . . . the pylorus ... I have known it for a long time...
...hour Dr. Leake listened to evidence presented by the bureau's Robert Bauer. Bauer showed him laboratory records with the names of physicians, explained some of the tricks of the trade. Firms, sometimes appointed by doctors as "agents," had charged the patient double and remitted the 100% overcharge to the patient's physician. Doctors had joined "cooperative" laboratories and received dividends based on the amount of business they sent...