Medicine: Capsules, Apr. 5, 1954

CJ For heart patients on a low-sodium diet who have been denied milk, the Los Angeles County Heart Association has helped a local dairy to process milk so that 97% of the salt (and therefore, soldium) is removed. Delivered at home it costs 45¢, to a hospital 39¢.

¶ The professional courtesy whereby doctors treat each other and their families free has boomeranged and hurt the health of all concerned, Seattle's Dr. Merrill Shaw told the American Academy of General Practice. Physicians try not to bother their colleagues for minor ills or regular...

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