Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...getting a more durable paper money, it may be possible to lengthen its life. A chemical treatment has been found to triple, approximately, the wearing qualities of a bill, but this has to be done after printing. A way is being sought to apply this treatment in manu facture to the paper which is used for money and to change the manner of manufacture so that the greatest tensile strength of bills will be lengthwise instead of sidewise. Experiments are being made with paper of materials other than linen...
...diabetes," said Dr. George T. Harding, father of the late President, to a pressman. The old man thinly raised his voice, expressed his scorn for the insulin treatment favored by the American Medical Association. Said...
Liquor. Whisky, gin, beer and other alcoholic liquors are drugs-this is the decision contained in the resolution passed by the doctors, effectively reversing the stand of the Association taken in 1917, when the doctors said that liquor was not needed in the treatment of disease. "Repeal the provisions in the Volstead Act that limit the doctor to prescribing not more than a pint to a patient every ten days," the doctors demanded. The liquor resolution contained a complaint on the quality of the liquor now obtained on prescription. In a scientific paper, Dr. Roger I. Lee of Boston said...
Epilepsy. A simple diet high in fat has been found to bring relief to the unfortunate child suffering from epilepsy. This hopeful news was brought to the convention by Dr. M. G. Peterson of the Mayo Clinic. His new treatment for fits and convulsions has been in use for intervals of from two and a half years to three months; and, of the 37 children treated, more than half have not been troubled with convulsions since they started on the diet...
...group of courses which emphasize the fundamental principles of certain parts of mathematics and physics are given in the College by professors of engineering under the title of "Engineering Sciences". They consist of drawing, descriptive geometry, mechanics, and an elementary treatment of the physics of metals. The undergraduate who concentrates in engineering sciences, must take four specified courses in this field, Mathematics 2, and another related subject, usually Physics C. He will also need Chemistry A or B. He will then be prepared for the courses in mechanical engineering. For electrical engineering he will need in addition Physics...