Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 17, 1951

¶ As dean of the University of South Dakota's medical school.* Dr. Donald Slaughter experimented with pain-killing drugs, tried several on himself. Last week, Dr. Slaughter committed himself to a federal hospital as a narcotics addict.

¶ Three Philadelphia researchers report that wounds treated with chlorophyll mend faster than those treated with penicillin or sulfa drugs. Further finding: a cut on the index finger heals faster than one on the pinky.

¶ Most radiologists believe it beneath their dignity to treat corns. That, says Dr. Sydney J. Hawley of Seattle, is a mistake: one X-ray treatment will usually remove a corn, and it will not grow back for a year or more.

¶ The A.M.A. named its "Family Doctor of 1951": Dr. Albert C. Yoder of Goshen, Ind. At 84, Yoder still goes to his office every: day, but admits that he slacks off on summer mornings to work in his garderu