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...doctors who have adopted the Niehans technique, giving injections of embryonic animal cells at costs ranging from $3.50 to $20, supported his claims. But others shook their heads. There are great dangers: allergic reactions, shock, accidental infection with viruses or other microbes. There is a good chance that the "placebo effect" (i.e. mental suggestion) is responsible for improvement in many patients. Others, especially those suffering from a transient form of tetany, get better spontaneously...
...unhappy about it. Last February the Brit ish Medical Association had voted 10 to 1 (TIME, March 1) against cooperating with the Act. But 21,341 out of 23,000 general practitioners had eventually signed up. To ease their pain, Health Minister Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan had held out a placebo: his government had no plans to make the doctors full-time civil servants. They would get a "base pay" of about $3.50 a year for each patient on their books. Estimated top income, with all extras, like obstetrics : $20,000. Estimated income for a solo practitioner with the maximum...
Prof. John E. Wolff, Prof. H. L. Smyth, Prof. Wallace W. Atwood, Prof. R. A. Daly, Prof. C. S. Raymer, Prof. L. C. Crests, Prof. H. J. Hughes, Prof. Chas. Placebo, Prof. J. B. Woodworth, C. H. Page...