The term "infectious (liseases" conjures visions of foul miasmas, fever swamps, great plagues ancl ol0(Paul 1\Iuni movies. 'Most of us wlho practice the specialty, lhowever, may go weeks witlhout conquering an epi(lemic. Much of our time is spent answering questioins that do not bear on the broad aspects of infectious (lisease strategy, but (leal witlh the often more (lifficult tactical questio...

In the time of the Chinese emperor, Shen Nung, about 2700 B.C., Cannabis was mentioned as a subject of controversy; this state of affairs has continued ever since (Grinspoon, 1969). It will be remembered that with alcohol, another controversial self-administered substance known to have toxic effects, the imposition of a large tax on gin in the 18th century (a social measure, not a medical one) ...

Arthur Kohlenberg, one of the best-known members of the Information Theory Group, died on July 19, 1970 from Hodgkins' disease. His career spanned a number of disciplines. He received his B.A. in physics from Columbia at the age of 19. After three years as an army officer, he continued in physics at Harvard, where he received his Ph.D. in 1950. Subsequently, after two years of teaching quantum ...

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