Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Dr. Louis Ernst Schmidt, 88, famed urologist and longtime crusty critic of the American Medical Association; after long illness; in Wausau, Wis. A sharp-tongued crusader, Dr. Schmidt was a dedicated foe of the nice-Nelliness that long hampered treatment of venereal disease, set up the first genitourinary clinic west of the Alleghenies. When he accepted support from an organization that advertised publicly, he was charged by the A.M.A. with unethical conduct and was expelled (1930). He countered bitterly that organized medicine was against low-priced medical care, was backed by half a dozen other medical societies, eventually...
...bride $250,000 in jewelry to show his affection, but the marriage was brief. After a 49-day honeymoon on Capri, Joanne disappeared, taking her money and jewels. Jaime found her in a dingy pensione, seriously ill after a sleeping-pill suicide attempt. He took her to Rome for treatment, and she fled again, led him a chase to Lausanne, Paris, London, then back to Rome. In July 1954 Patiño filed suit for divorce on the grounds of desertion...
...process that they would scratch out the gains of suburbia and start all over again in a comfortable model closer to their hearts' desire. But after all, the patient who is cured by group therapy may be healthier than the person who doesn't respond to individual treatment...
...mark with tepid, slightly bubbly, radioactive water. After a gargle or a swig, the patient sits in a tub of water for 25 minutes while compressed air is forced up, gets a massage, wades into a thick fog of water particles, finally inhales some vapors to complete the morning treatment. The afternoon brings more of the same. Specialties elsewhere: bath and poultice, shower in a hammock, intestinal irrigation "drop by drop...
...travel agency added a new item: the hypochondriac's tour. The eight-week swing through Europe will be shepherded by a staff internist from a California sanitarium. "Conversation regarding ailments and ill health will be taboo," announces the brochure. "While anyone feeling ill will request and promptly receive treatment, our physician leader will, except in private consultation, act as one of the party out to enjoy the sights." Cost for the trip, including first-class travel and physician...