Quackery Ties Pain Relief to Billion-Dollar Trade
The piece surveys medical quackery. It profiles a Mayo Clinic doctor and a nagging public fear of unproven cures. It notes that Americans spend about a billion dollars yearly on fake health treatments and devices. It discusses federal and professional responses, naming the FDA AMA FTC and cancer groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet C. Pulley
California Department of Public Health
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
American Cancer Society
Ford
Congo
Mayo
Arthritis and
ACS
Uiques
Duke University Medical School
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Doctora
Department
Kefauver-Harris
Federal Trade Commission
Post Office Department
Inspection Service
AMA
Wallace Janssen
Office of Public Information
Nnt
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Frank Hammond Krusen
Temple University
United States
Surggeon
Chicago
Mayo Clinic
Palmer Memorial Institute: Charlotte Brown’s Legacy in Education
Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown founded Palmer Memorial Institute in Cambridge and led it fifty years, shaping Black education. She died 1961, leaving a campus with Pine Eliot Hall and Palmer Building named for benefactors. Miss Crosson now leads, upholding Brown’s mission of character, knowledge, and citizenship. Students come from varied backgrounds, with selective enrollment and a focus on hard work and cultural growth.
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New England
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
North Carolina
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellsley College
Boston Area
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Galen Stone
Boston Philantrophist
Dr. Brown
Palmer Memorial Institute
Miss Crosson
Henderson
Massachusetts
Warrenton
Mizz Crosson
Palmer
Palmer Memorial
Crasson
Nat ‘King’ Cole
Greensboro
Marie Cole
A Palmer
Practice And Praise Work In Speech Therapy Vision
The Payne children exemplify success with immediate corrective surgery and speech therapy. Dr Massengill and Miss Sue Williams discuss medical speech pathology, the role of the speech therapist, and the effective “practice and praise” approach for children and adults with speech defects. Cinefluorographic diagnostics at Duke Medical Center guide treatment decisions, with weekly clinics offering evaluation and follow up for diverse speech disorders across ages.
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Ter
Payne
Massengill
Sue Williams
Sue
Methoris
Duke
Duke Medical Center
Speech Pathology
Brad Payne
Memorial Hospital Faces Building Questions and Staffing Shortage
Seven committee members assess present facilities before a proposed building program. Last year the daily patient cost was 25.43 dollars for 27,3339 care days at 83.1 percent occupancy. Ideal occupancy is about 65 percent due to mobility needs and critical patients. Two staff per patient. RN shortage cited as statewide problem. City Memorial operates 24 hours daily, seven days weekly, supporting charity cases on a barely break-even budget. After 28 years, plaques will honor founders, says Harry Finch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Memorial
Harry Finch
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Ise
BO Chebrapan
Bernard Gayzer
Associated Press
Rochester
Ises
Wastion
Oliver
Benjamin Field
Franklin
Elijah Perkins
George Washingston
America
Post Office
Palmer Institute
Wilhelmina Crosson
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