Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the practice of medicine becoming increasingly technical, some doctors dream of a day when an electronic brain might take the place of the physician in diagnosing obscure ills. Last week Dr. Winston H. Price told colleagues in the Johns Hopkins Medical Society of some toddling first steps toward developing such a wonderful widget...
...home Andy began to feel ill, took a cola drink and milk to ease the pain. They only made it worse. He called his family physician, who knew Andy's occupation. A barium X ray confirmed his diagnosis: Andy had punched a hole through his esophagus (gullet), narrowly missed his heart. His drinks were spilling through the hole into his chest cavity. The doctor called Surgeon Philip Thorek, an amateur movie fan who is careful to take a camera crew with him on unusual cases...
Louisville physician, joins the Gold Rush hoping that some day he will return "laden with the treasures of Golconda, respected, envied by all, denied credit by none." His son Jaimie goes along mainly to escape high school, feeling himself "already educated to the point of absurdity." As they pick up companions along the way, the McPheeters party grows into as fine a concourse of nitwitted adventurers as ever washed a pan in greed. Among those present...
...Though usually a mild disease, Asian flu can kill rapidly, without intervening pneumonia. Paradoxically, this occurs most often among young adults. One hospitalized Briton, 30, had no fever, told the house physician he "felt fine," then died within a few minutes. There has been a handful of such cases...
...Specialist. In Senago, Italy, Alfonso Maria Donadio, 37, who had collected fees estimated at $160,000 by posing as a physician specializing in Asian flu, was finally tracked down by police, who found him in bed with Asian...