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...result of this polished goading, Mr. Curley lost his usual composure and indulged in a fit of childish wrath which delighted his over-growing circle of enemies. At President Roosevelt's train the "Kingfish" accused Mr. Angell of talking teachers' oaths while Rome burned down. And Rome is burning. It is the Rome of Mr. Curley's authority over this Commonwealth. A year ago, when his seat of power was secure, one cannot imagine the self-confident governor injured by a professor's dart. Here is another shriek of retreat to show that Mr. Curley knows what November third...
...doctors are educated to treat disease chiefly by means of drugs and surgery. Nonetheless, they habitually use such homely adjuncts as hot and cold applications, baths and massage. In recent years some doctors analyzed the therapeutic effect of such physical agents, tried their hands at others. As a result a new specialty of physical medicine gradually developed. Called physical therapists, such doctors treat disease by heat, massage, baths, exercise, rest, work, radiation and electricity. The specialty is still not sharply defined. On one hand physical therapists must combat the tendency of other doctors to treat them as if they were...
Operation Gauge. To tell whether a patient is apt to die of shock as result of an operation, take his pulse and blood pressure while he lies down and again while he stands up, advised Dr. Charles Ward Crampton of Manhattan. The figures indicate the patient's vasotone efficiency according to a chart which Dr. Crampton showed the physical therapists, declaring...
Perilous Showers. Dr. Hans Jacob Behrend of Manhattan considers cold showers perilous. Said he: "Those in robust health and with good circulation can overcome the strain engendered by the cold shower. But those less fortunate, particularly weak, anemic and older people, may suffer serious damages as a result of it. Colds, feebleness and fatigue are some of the harmful effects of the cold shower habit. . . . I would not advise any one to take a cold shower...
...still holds 3,028,675 bales as security for loans to farmers can partly bail itself out*; 3) a price rise of $2.50 a bale will mean $28,000,000 more income for U. S. farmers; 4) many U. S. cotton mills will show good 'profits as a result of the increased value of cotton they have already bought for future...