Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Freud and his heirs are old-fashioned parts of the intellectual scenery. And most pop-psych strikes them as ludicrous. Even as interpreted by the expert, Freud's vision was never one of scientific "fact," but a fascinating mythology. The mythology can work successfully as part of treatment. But in the hands of amateurs, only a grotesquely distorted version remains, with its talk about stamp collecting as anal and piano playing as masturbatory. "That belongs to an earlier period," says Critic Alfred Kazin. "By now, people know that the passions are real but not that readily symbolized. There...
...even if today's doctor knew which sex to expect, and even if he could predict trouble, there would be little for him to do except prepare to interrupt the pregnancy or to provide treatment after birth. Soon, however, prenatal care for fetuses still in the womb may be possible for a host of problems. And if sex is an element in the diagnosis, the doctor will be more curious than ever. But how will he tell...
...blood factor between mother and child is serious enough, even a massive transfusion of blood immediately after birth is sometimes too late to save the child. And for such cases doctors have worked out a delicate technique for transfusion in utero. Before they try such major treatment, however, they insert a needle through the mother's abdomen to extract a sample of the amniotic fluid in which the fetus is floating. That sample may help to determine the severity of the Rh problem...
...fantastic growth has not been without its problems. "A lot of these machines are relatively useless," complains Dr. John Knowles, director of Massachusetts General Hospital. "And they are pushing up costs astronomically, because people are beginning to feel they have to step into a machine to get the best treatment." Taking the opposite view, Robert Allen, editor of the Journal of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, argues that "doctors simply don't understand the new machinery. Often they feel threatened. A machine between them and their patients tends to make them lose confidence in themselves...
Birmingham is not likely to confront its police department and demand more cordial treatment of Negroes. It is, instead, likely to follow the lead of Atlanta, prodding to guarantee that Negroes trickle into the police department (there are 73 Negroes on Atlanta's 785-man force), and trying to warm up relationships with the Negro business leaders...