Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...predecessors in space, the Skylab astronauts did experience some weakening of their heart and other muscles, caused by 28 days of weightlessness. While most of the Apollo astronauts recovered their strength about 48 hours after their trips to the moon (which averaged about eleven days), the Skylab crew-notably Physician-Astronaut Kerwin -took a few days longer. But doctors said that the delay was expectable. "They are in better condition than we had hoped for," reported Cardiologist Robert L. Johnson...
...PREMISE of The Country Wife is Dr. Quack's spreading around London the report that Horner, as a result of unbridled whoring in France, contracted venereal disease and was castrated by the French physician treating him. Thus Horner, horny as ever, can easily cuckold unsuspecting husbands who believe him capable only of platonic friendships. (The device of the phoney impotent comes from the ancient Roman Eunuchus by Terence, who in turn took it from a lost Greek original by Menander...
Effects of Zero-G. The medical concern was not unwarranted. All three astronauts were unsteady as they emerged from the spacecraft, and Astronaut-Physician Kerwin needed a slight assist as the three Navymen walked to a waiting mobile medical lab. Then, as the carrier steamed to San Diego, doctors began an intense, six-hour examination aimed at answering many questions relating to the prolonged flight. For example, had there been irreversible damage to the astronauts' cardiovascular systems or excessive loss of calcium from their bones...
...trouble is that the program is too liberal. To receive benefits, which are $170 to $340 a month, a miner no longer needs to be Xrayed. All that is required is a physician's statement that he has a serious breathing problem. Doctors and clinics with a reputation for being "easy testers" get the miners' business, and the Government pays the fees. Lawyers collect large sums for handling the simple paper work for filing claims. One lawyer, Kelsey Friend of Pikeville, Ky., has pocketed more than $2,000,000 over several years...
...trained both for their lives as mothers and as professionals. It is true that most marry, but for the boy who is a violinist, there is a girl who becomes a sculptress. For the boy who becomes a journalist, there is a girl who becomes a famous and respected physician...