Word: treatments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would seize him, and he would scream till his throat was inflamed. At the asylum at Saint-Remy they let him paint, off & on, eventually released him in care of a doctor, nearer Paris and Theo. But the doctor, an art connoisseur, enraged van Gogh by his cavalier treatment of artists whom his patient revered. One day he terrified the doctor by appearing with a revolver in his hand. But van Gogh only laughed awkwardly, went to his room and shot himself in the stomach. As he lay dying he said to Theo: "Did you ever know such an awkward...
Geography 1a and Geography 1b, the elementary courses in systematic geography, become more popular every year. This in itself might be explained by some intrinsic excellence in subject matter or in treatment, by the attraction of a lecturer uncommonly able or distinguished, or by standards so low that all may come through unscathed. In this case it can be explained by none of these things; the key to geography's eminence lies in the fact that these courses satisfy the distribution requirement in science...
...amebic dysentery (which should not be confused with bacillary dysentery or ulcerative colitis) rest in bed, take liquid diet (milk, whey and broths). Treatment is emetine hydrochloride administered subcutaneously (i grain every morning for ten or twelve days) and emetine bismuth iodide orally in keratin capsules (one-half grain every evening...
...three years ago Mrs. G. W. Haggard discovered a pea-sized lump in her right breast. A surgeon advised an immediate operation. More attractive was the prospect held out by Drs. John E. and Edward C. Westaver, father & son, who promised a cure with their salves at $2 a treatment. After nine months in their care Mrs. Haggard died. In St. Louis medical experts testified that dallying with the worthless Westaver nostrums had cost her a chance of recovery through proper treatment. A jury last week awarded her husband $6,500 damages against the Drs. Westaver...
...about Dr. Harlow R. Street, who conducts a "cancer sanatorium" at his Washington home, has a "secret salve" to devour cancer. Against her physician-husband's advice Mrs. Britten went to the Chevy Chase, Md. home of Dr. Street's partner, Dr. Nathan Sherwood Ferris, for treatment. She spent nine weeks there, two days in a Baltimore hospital before she died...