For many years infantile paralysis has been the most feared of all the crippling diseases that affect mankind. The year 1955 marked the turning point toward elimination of infantile paralysis as a threat, just as typhoid fever and smallpox have been eliminated. This has resulted from the work of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, [...]

In the nineteenth century, philosophers held widely divergent views on the role of dreaming. Some decried dreams as pointless and irritating, describing them as psychological activity that is “transported from the brain of a reasonable man into that of a fool”; others looked on them as nothing more than a degradation of the intellectual and [...]

Dorothy, a 25-year-old secretary, was a busy woman — her work days were never dull. One particular Thursday her workload was heavier than usual. The hectic pace did not stop all day and by mid-afternoon Dorothy was beginning to feel the pressure. She noticed that she was becoming a little breathless even when sitting at [...]