Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Taussig's book begins with some introductory chapters on questions of principle, particularly with reference to the doctrines of protection of young industries. It then proceeds to a detailed examination of the history of the present condition of certain important industries. Sugar is the first of these considered. The treatment starts with a discussion of sugar production, and of the domestic cane and beet resources. The sugar refining industry is next taken up, and finally is considered the Sugar Trust. Iron and steel come next, and successive chapters on this industry deal with the general progress of the industries, with...
...penal system, said Mr. Osborne, is the safety of society. The great question before penologists, then, is to determine whether this can best be brought about through harsh punishment or reform. The old system was based on the supposition that punishment was the effective means. Far from succeeding, the treatment the men obtained made them hate everyone and everything, and they left prison with a desire for revenge upon society. They took the first advantage to commit crime once more, and usually landed back again in prison. The punishments used were often so brutal, the absolute silence and the constant...
...later able to use to good purpose. His recent appointment to the wardenship of Sing Sing gave him his opportunity, and since his assumption of the duties of the position he has made many radical changes for the better. He has consulted the prisoners on methods of treatment, and has even gone so far as to institute a court in which convicts try their fellows for minor infractions of the rules. Working with great understanding of his "prison-going friends," as he calls them, he is well on the way towards turning what was once one of the country...
...simple task for a professor to step down from the platform and view in retrospect faults in his system. If the latter were able to assume the dual role of lecturer and critic, even then it would not be surprising if many of the weaknesses in his treatment of the subject were overlooked...
January 24.--"Cataract, Its Nature and Treatment," by Dr. Alexander Quackenboss...