Doctors eye Chinese acupuncture for surgery without anesthesia
US doctors study the Chinese method of acupuncture as a potential pain relief for surgery. Dr. Pang L. Man and Dr. Calvin H. Ghen propose a nerve gate theory where needles in the ear or face may block pain signals. Some physicians call it promising while the American Society of Anesthesiologists warns of premature use.
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New York
Pang L. Man
Northville
Michigan
China
U.S
Saul Heller
New York State Board For Medicine
Man
Northville State Hospital
Mich
Calvin H. Ghen
Chinaborn
Wayne State University
Detroit
U. S
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Hatless Amish Workers Regain Jobs Under Religious Exemption
About 400 Amish carpenters in northeastern Indiana were furloughed after a 1970 law required hard hats. An exemption for Old Order Amish, granted to protect religious freedom, allows them to return to construction work without headgear.
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Auburn, Ind
Indiana
Auburn
John Martin Smith
Smith
U.S. Department of Labor
Congress Likely to Reject Revenue Sharing Plan
Washington reports Congress seems ready to defeat revenue sharing as part of a rural development bill. Senate House conferees reached a compromise to settle bickering over aiding rural survivors, linking Nixon’s proposed 1.3 billion dollar rural credit system to countryside development and business loans.
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Washington
Congress
Senate House
America
Nixon
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Powerful Drugs Control Usually Fatal Arthritis
Two groups of doctors report success in treating systemic lupus erythematosus SLE a usually fatal arthritis with aggressive drug therapy and intensive lab monitoring They say survival in treated groups climbs to 80 percent or higher and patients are kept alive by suppressing infection risk and regular examinations Doctors cited were W V Epstein of San Francisco and E M Caperton Jr of the University of Minnesota The report was issued to the Arthritis Foundation in Dallas Texas
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Dallas, Tex
Arthritis Foundation
W.V. Epstein
San Francisco
E. M. Caperton Jr
University of Minnesota
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