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Among the rebellious rump of doctors, some were bitter-enders. Said one 63-year-old stalwart: "I'm an individualist. I'd rather cut my throat than sell my free dom." Said a smart practitioner with a large country practice: "I serve both my bank balance and my patients by staying out. There's no call for cheap services here, save for chauffeurs and gardeners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: John Bull, M.D. | 7/19/1948 | See Source »

Babe Ruth, 53, whose throat ailment has had him in & out of hospitals for almost two years, was in again, for a "check up" and a good rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Coming & Going | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...great many of you Democrats in 1940 ran off after a certain Governor [Missouri's former Governor Lloyd C. Stark], who was trying to cut my throat and he didn't do it successfully-they are not going to succeed this time either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: I Read Your Letter | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...whole graceless affair was a prime example of how Congress, in an election year, can hold itself at arm's length and punch its own nose. For Congress had 1) given the Voice so little money that it was unable to keep the frog out of its throat; 2) insisted that private companies, wherever possible, be called in to do the work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Clear the Decks | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...Right and left sides of the forehead and chest, and the menubrium, a little notch at the base of the throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Little Black Box | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

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