David D. Rutstein, M.D.

  • The Medical Care Pork Barrel

    A graduate of Harvard and the Harvard Medical School, DR. DAVID D. RUTSTEIN has been professor of preventive medicine and head of the department at the Harvard Medical School since 1947. He is a member of the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital and live other Boston hospitals.

  • An Open Letter to Dr. Clarence Cook Little

    Is there tangible evidence, of a relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer? Eighteen studies conducted in five countries have shown that there is, but Dr. Clarence Cook Little, chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board to the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, asserts that three years of research by his group have “produced no evidence that cigarette smoking or other tobacco use contributes to the origin of lung cancer.” DR. DAVID D. RUTSTEIN is head of the Preventive Medicine Department at the Harvard Medical School.

  • The Cold-Cure Merry-Go-Round

    The common cold, as DR. DAVID D. RUTSTEIN says, is the most common disease of mankind. Year after year the American public has been offered miracle drugs, and again and again the people have been disappointed. How does this come about? Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rutstein is a member of the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital and five other Boston hospitals.

  • Not by Drugs Alone

    Arthritis, says DR. DAVID D. RUTSTEIN, is responsible for more crippling and discomfort than any of the other ills of man. What relief is available? What hope for the future? These are questions vital to many households. Head of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Rutstein is a member of the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital and five other Boston hospitals.

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    How Good Is the Polio Vaccine?

    Ever since the dramatic proclamation of the Salk vaccine, Americans have been asking, What will this do for my child? Can I trust it? These are the questions which Dr. Rustein sets out to answer.

  • Doctors and Politics

    A graduate of Harvard and of the Harvard Medical School, DR. DAVID D. RUTSTEIN, aspecialist in internal and preventive medicine, has been Professor of Preventive Medicine and Head of the Department at the Harvard Medical School since 1947. Dr. Rutstein is a member of the staff of the Massachusetts General Hospital and five other Boston hospitals, and is Vice President of the American Heart Association. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and serves on the Expert Advisory Panel on Chronic Degenerative Diseases for the World Health Organization.