Dental Pain Shadowed No More In Modern Dentistry
In Hygeia Dr James W Barton notes painless dentistry is now common with a new anesthetic. Over 8 million injections have proven safer and swifter with no heart risks or drug accumulation. Delayed care risks gum and tooth loss spreading infection to joints and heart.
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James W. Barton
Ley Frederick R. Adams
New York
Hygeia
X Rays Used to Treat Carbuncles
Dr. F. W. O'Brien notes in the New England Journal of Medicine that among 130 hospital patients with severe carbuncles treated with X rays alone or with surgery a 3 percent death rate occurred. No deaths were reported among 57 facial carbuncle cases treated with X rays. Diabetic patients may safely undergo X-ray therapy, but radiology requires specialized expertise.
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F. W. O’brien
Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
Strange Facts From the World and the War Time
A collage of odd notes: 475-pound gorilla Gargantua at Barnum Bailey kept in a 74 degree glass cage with guard engineers fearing pneumonia from a one degree change. Mexican donkeys require six photos for licenses, three front and three side views. Prisoner mail enjoys postage exemption across origin destination and neutral countries per Collier's.
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Gargantua
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Collier’s
Progressive worldview through facts and evolving policies
Woodrow Wilson contrasts radical conservative and reactionary stances and endorses being a progressive. He defines progressives as those who recognize new facts and adjust policies to changing circumstances as they arise.
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Woodrow Wilson
Don’t Aggravate Gas Bloating Adieri Year‑Old Remedy Advised
A vintage drug advertisement promotes a gas relief remedy combining carminatives and cathartics to ease gas bloating and stomach discomfort. It claims rapid relief within two hours and markets the product as a balanced laxative without gripping. Sold at all drug stores.
To Please Do as you would be done by is the surest method
A reflective line attributed to Lord Chesterfield urges reciprocal conduct as the clearest path to ensuring one’s own esteem. The maxim emphasizes ethical reciprocity as a guide for behavior and social respect.
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Lord Chesterfield
Safety in Speed In Skating Over Thin Ice
A historical quotation from Emerson emphasizing speed as safety on thin ice. The fragment notes skating as a metaphor for risk management and quick action. No additional context provided.
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Emerson
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