Word: orthopedist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Among some of the medical aids, which Orthopedist Splithoff says should be tried only with a doctor's advice: a corset-belt to fit the lower back; special shoes for flat feet-a common cause of back troubles; massages and home exercises; a horsehair mattress instead of an innerspring mattress; radiant heat, possibly an old-fashioned electric toaster; a fat-reducing diet; plenty of sleep...
Among others who joined in the denunciation of too much rest were famed Orthopedist Ralph K. Ghormley of the Mayo Clinic ("the day an arthritic patient gives up and goes to bed is the day he becomes a total cripple") and Psychiatrist Karl A. Menninger of the Menninger Clinic ("an automobile whose engine has become overheated as the result of being driven with the brakes set cannot be cured by resting...