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Scholar questions writings of doom
BREATHE /N—Senior nursing student Linda Meier times a maternity patient as the expectant
mother practices breathing exercises at a pre-natal class. The classes offer instruction in
breathing patterns and exercises, nutrition and infant and child care. Geri McAllister, head nurse
for the Duke-Watts Family Medicine Program, and student nursing instructor Sally Rankin
conducted the series of classes held on Tuesday evenings.
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TTie "beast" whose mark is to be feared
has a number—666.
"In ancient times, the alphabet was
used for counting," Efird said. "It was a
common practice to identify persons in
those days by the total of the numerical
values of their names."
He cited a wall inscription where
someone had written, "I love her whose
number is 545."
Scholars have not been able to find an
identity for "666," although possibly the
reference could be to Nero, Efird said.
Reference to evil
The "mark" is not a literal mark, but a
reference to the evil that is in people.
Efird writes that "the beast was never
intended to be a prediction of anything in
the future—especially not the European
common market—and the mark of the
beast was not a prediction of the
markings on packages that have begun to
be used of late. These are two of the more
Come and get it!
Harvey Grunke, manager of the Trent
Drive Hall cafeteria, has announced that
Gradeli's is now serving breakfast from
6:30 a.m., Monday-Friday.
Eggs cooked to order, freshly-made
ham and sausage biscuits and hot coffee,
brewed in small amounts, are all available.
"Medical center staff and students can
drive on in to work a little early, find a
good parking space Snd enjoy a hot
breakfast," Grunke said.
He also announced that Gradeli's grill
and fountain will be open each Saturday
from 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Gradeli's is located in the basement of
Trent Drive Hall.
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Friday, Oct. 27
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 30
12 noon
Tuesday, Oct. 31
12:30 p.m.
Network for Continuing Medical Education (NCME). Four-part program on automobile casualties: "Management
Priorities," "The Patient with Respiratory Problems," "The Patient in Hemorrhagic Shock" and "The Patient with Head
and/or Spinal Injuries." View in Rm M405 at Duke and Rms D3008, C6002 and C7002 and Bldg 16 at the VA Hospital.
(Previous NCME programs have been catalogued in the Medical Center Library and are available for viewing there.)
Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. L.M.G. van Golde, Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, Netherlands, "Biosynthesis of Pulmonary
Surfactant: Studies with Whole Lung and Isolated Alveolar Type II Cells," Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke Bldg. Coffee at 3:45 in
the lobby. (Please note special time.I
Ray E. Brown Memorial Lecture. R. Zach Thomas Jr. (CHA '37), executive director, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Hospital
Authority, "What's In It For Me?" Hospital Amphitheater.
Pathology Research Conference. Dr. Gordon Klintworth, professor, "In Search of a Metabolic Defect in Maculocorneal
Dystrophy," Rm M204.
Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. John Abelson, Dept, of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, "Transcription and
Processing of the Intervening Sequences in tRNA Genes of Yeast," Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke Bldg. Coffee at 12:15 in the
lobby. (Please note change of calendar day.I
recent 'interpretations.'"
Over the years people have been led to
believe that "Daniel" and "Revelation"
contain some mystical secrets, which, if
properly understood, would give a clue to
the mysteries of the end of the world,
Efird noted.
Offer messages
"The simple fact is, however, that
neither mentions an Antichrist, nor the
end of time, nor a rapture, nor presents a
picture of heaven," he writes in his
conclusion.
"What both do is to say to people
suffering—perhaps to the point of
death—under undeserved persecution
that God is ultimately the final arbiter in
these matters.
"The books should not be viewed as
predicting great calamity, but rather as
offering messages of faith and hope to
people living in a world seemingly
engulfed by evil."
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Wednesday, Nov. 1
1 p.m. NCME. Program on "The Challenge of Adolescent Medicine." See Fri., Oct. 27, for viewing areas.
Rheumatology
Symposium set
The Division of Rheumatic and Genetic
Diseases is sponsoring a Rheumatology
SymjTOsium, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2-5:30
p.m. in the Hospital Amphitheater
(yellow zone, first floor).
Guest speakers will be Dr. E. Carwile
Leroy, director of the Division of
Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical
University of South Carolina, and Dr.
Shaun Ruddy, chairman of the Division
of Immunology and Connective Tissue
Diseases, Medical College of Virginia.
The topics to be discussed will be
"Progressive Systematic Sclerosis" and
"New Methods for Detection of Immune
Complexes." Also, the audience will be
invited to participate in patient
presentations.
All rheumatologists, trainees in
rheumatology, house staff and
paramedical personnel interested in
rheumatology are cordially invited.
Anyone planning attend to attend is
asked to contact Dr. Ralph Snyderman,
684-6205.
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all.
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and other activities of interest to medical
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