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Theodore L. Syvertson, of Pasadena, a 69-year-old retired building contractor, had hiccuped almost continuously, once every ten seconds, since November 1946. He lost ten pounds, spent nine months in hospitals, had consultations with 60 doctors which did him no good. Last week he tried bending over at the waist while drinking water from the far side of a glass. Halfway through the second glass, his hiccups stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Cure Hiccups | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

Pauline Lucas, 31, of Waynesburg, Pa., was hiccuping last week 10 to 25 times a minute, as she has since last Feb. 23. She has not tried Syvertson's method. Suggestions received in 8,000 letters have included such standard remedies as breathing in & out of a paper bag and eating ice cream. Doctors at Greene County Memorial Hospital have tried sedatives, anesthesia, benzyl benzoate (a relaxing drug), quinidine sulfate (a quinine-like drug used to regulate abnormal heart rhythms), amyl nitrite (a drug used to treat angina pectoris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: How to Cure Hiccups | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

RAYMOND L. HAIGHT* Haight, Trippet & Syvertson Los Angeles, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 13, 1935 | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

...School squash tournament, with a 3 to 0 victory over E. S. Stewari 2L. He will be opposed by the winner of the semi-final match between W. C. Breed Jr. 3L who defeated Morton pepper 3L and A. E. H. Barker 11, victor over A. L Syvertson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOODYER PETERSON ARE FINALISTS IN TOURNAMENTS | 2/12/1930 | See Source »

Sutherland--Dundas, Syvertson v. White--McDermott...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Publish List of Debaters in First Year Law Club Debates | 1/7/1928 | See Source »

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