Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Immediate Problem...
From these principles the group of doctors urge that the immediate problem of providing adequate medical care for the "medically indigent" should be met by use of public funds, either federal or local, and that public moneys should be made available for medical research to raise the standards of practise in the country...
...problem of defining the field in which initiative is to be exercised is a difficult one. There is at present a rather definite syllabus provided for all the instructors, but many proceed to disregard it. Since each section has its own examinations, there is no effective way for preventing this; could the whole course be given identical exams the problem would be solved. This is not possible for an interesting reason. Teaching "Math A" are a number of the country's leading experts in the field, and they simply cannot agree as to the best methods of presentation; indeed, they...
Last week the great problem of taking insulin orally was reported about overcome. The problem has been to ingest this hormone. When swallowed stomach acids and enzymes destroy it, stomach fats render any residues ineffective. Therefore victims of diabetes must inject insulin into their veins...
...says, "before we can perfect his institutions and make him behave. The human improvement required is primarily biological and we do not yet know how to effect it. But there are enough clever youngsters to find out, if only they can be shown the necessity of tackling the problem. They at any rate will know the truth, and perhaps it will make them free. Free from what? From imbeciles and morons who are allowed to reproduce their kind, and to subsist upon the labors of others, from psychopaths who lead the mentally inferior mass of civilized populations into purposeless wars...