Alcoholism Viewed as Treatable Disease Encourages Help Seekers
Western Newspaper Union reports a shift in view of alcoholism from moral failing to disease. Medical experts note emetic drug therapy using emetine and pilocarpine shows abstinence rates up to 75 percent over time, with studies by Voegtlin and Lemere involving 1,194 patients and sessions before drinking.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Joseph Thimann
Boston
Ipecac
Thimann
Voegtlin
Lemere
Stomach Ailments Now Readily Diagnosed By X ray and Gastroscope
Before the X ray doctors relied on test meals and exploratory surgery to distinguish ulcer cancer or gas tritis. The gastroscope now lets physicians view the stomach lining and decide on the needed operation without delay. Dizzy spells may stem from ear liver or blood pressure issues. Mouth sores have multiple causes from foods to infections and a doctor can pinpoint the cause in a single visit.
Spider Lives High on Everest, World’s Highest Inhabitant
An attid spider is reported as the highest living inhabitant, found at 22,000 feet on Mount Everest, claimed to be in India.
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Attid
Mount
Everest
India
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