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Last week Writer de Kruif recanted. In GP, published by the American Academy of General Practice, he violently attacked group practice in general, and the Kaiser plan in particular. Wrote De Kruif: "[I was] sold a bill of goods, that the ancient, close, personal relation between doctors and their patients-that's the pride and the unique distinction of family physicians-was no longer necessary . . . The good old family doctor? He'd soon be a relic, replaced by integrated groups of specialists, all streamlined under an ultramodern hospital roof . . . It dazzled me to watch the plan...
...Many overweight patients who have tried reducing routines without success can be helped if unobtrusiveness is added to the prescription, reports Philadelphia's Dr. Jacob J. Cohen in GP. They are told not to tell their friends about the regimen until results are obvious; they are allowed small sodas or short beers, and any drugs prescribed are taken at home before breakfast...
...independent life and motility of its own. It was believed to be the cause of hysteria, which was derived from the Greek word for womb (varepo.). Even today, a "host of taboos, legends and mysteries" persist. So say two Salt Lake City psychiatrists in the current issue of GP (published by the American Academy of General Practice). According to Drs. C. H. Hardin Branch and David E. Reiser, "otherwise sophisticated and intelligent" women are extremely naive in their attitude to the functioning of the womb and its psychological overtones. Some women "seem to attempt denial of its actual attachment...
...Most pills on prescription are ordered taken three times a day, and this "is about two doses too many for the average patient to remember," writes Philadelphia's Dr. Benjamin Wheeler Jenkins in GP. The pills are not taken, and pile up on bathroom shelves. His suggestion: more pills of the repeat-action type, to give a day's dosage in one dollop...
Birthmarks are twice as common on girls as on boys, two Albany (N.Y.) doctors report in GP, published by the American Academy of General Practice. As evidence that the birthmarks may be related to the female sex hormones, they note that the marks sometimes enlarge rapidly when a girl reaches puberty or during pregnancy...