Word: lancet
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Noted Psychiatrist Hugh Crichton-Miller did not consider this man a coward but a victim of anxiety neurosis. In the British Lancet last week he reported that the man had a father who beat his wife & children. (Said the patient: " 'e took a great 'obby in knockin' mother about.") In World War I, the patient had a chance to "retaliate" against his savage father by shooting at Germans. But in an air raid he is helpless, there is no one he can attack. Other troubles helped to break down his morale: 1) his wife; 2) infected teeth...
When old wives' recipes are recognized by doctors, many a skeptical layman feels cheered up. Last week the British Lancet brought such cheerful news to U.S. readers : that it is quite possible that raspberry leaves "boyled in water, fastneth the teeth and loosneth the babies...
...next issue of the Lancet, Dr. Violet Russell of London answered this theoretical objection from practical experience. Wrote she: "Somewhat shame facedly and surreptitiously I have encouraged any expectant mothers, who felt so inclined, to drink this infusion. ... In a good many cases in my own experience the subsequent labor has been easy and free from muscular spasm. . . . More labors are held up by muscular . . . tension than are delayed by muscular weak ness...
Housewives, if you care about vitamins, handle vegetables with care! So warned the British Lancet last week. For most vitamins are frail: any tampering, let alone improper cooking, ruins them. Vitamin A (carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes) is very stable, stands up under boiling. But vitamins B and C (green vegetables, tomatoes, cabbage) run out with the juice when vegetables are cut, soaked, bruised, or boiled for any length of time. Some Lancet cookery tips...
After a hard day, the doctor is comfortably settled with pipe & slippers-and the telephone rings. Does he answer the phone? Of course. But in the British Lancet last week, an anonymous doctor revealed a "valued little secret"-a deception not specifically forbidden by the letter of the Hippocratic oath...