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...share in the shock the University must feel in the death of one of its eminent scholars," said Theodore Morrison '23, lecturer in English...
...year later, perhaps from shock, worry, and a fall from favor because of the rise of Titoism, Zhdanov died. At once Malenkov more than made up his lost ground. In the process, a blight fell upon the fortunes of outstanding Zhdanov...
...Indians could hardly wait. Because of the Tribune's rabid opposition to anything British, India's nationalists have regarded Bertie as their best American friend. At Bombay's Taj Mahal Hotel, the 50 newsmen who met their best friend face to face got a rude shock...
From the Middle Ages, when sticks were used to "beat the devil" out of mental patients, through the middle '30s, when electric and insulin shock therapy began, physical treatment of the insane relied on rude methods. Even now, shock "cures" may be worse than the disease: they often fail to cure, and sometimes the patient breaks a jaw or crushes his backbone in violent, convulsive spasms...
Ether treatments can be given to patients whose physical condition prevents the use of shock. There is no danger of fractures or dislocations, no anxiety, and no sign of unpleasant aftereffects, reported the New York researchers. Of 40 depressive patients treated, 21 recovered enough to be released on convalescent care, ten stayed in the hospital with "marked improvement," and nine were unchanged...