itself, supplies "a strong argument in favor of shock treatment over gradualism."
"Teaching the Humane Touch" Amy Wal-
Hmeg New MDs lace, in The New York Times Magazine (Dec.
21, 1986), 229 West 43rd St., New York, N.Y.
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Medicine has come far skce the days when doctors applied leeches to feverish patients. Yet if medical practices have changed radically, medical schools have not. Students are still taught according to the principles that educator Abraham Flexner set...
"Flexo on a Roll at Newspapers" Rosalind C. Truitt, in Presstime (Dec. 1986), 11600 Sun-rise Valley Dr., Reston, Va. 22091.
Printing technology, commonly traced to Johannes Gutenberg's 15th-cen- tury wooden press, actually had Chinese roots. The 11th-century alche- mist Pi Sheng made moveable type from clay and glue. Formed into char- acters, the mix was melted on a plate coated with resin, wax, and paper ash, then solidified by cooling, and reheated to be detached.
Obviously, techniques...