There is one fellow who had the most remarkable ability to treat tuberculosis that anybody had ever heard of, and he was down there on the outskirts of Pasadena and he ran a hospital down there for many years. And he used to be harried and harassed by the medical profession to end all harassments, because he didn’t bother with X-rays and things like that. By laying his hands on a fellow’s chest, he could tell whether or not he had TB, and the American Medical Association had him up for charges … [Read more...] about Lecture: Handling Personnel – Part II (2) (1972)
Dr. Francis M. Pottenger
Lecture: History and Development of Processes–Question and Answer Period (1954)
Now, we take medicine today. The general practitioner is getting so rare that they even write full feature-length stories about him in Look magazine. He's getting this rare. One he found was found to exist in the middle of New York City and they wrote this whole article about him. Old Doctor Pottenger, the very great old man of tuberculosis, who has startled the medical profession many, many times by simply going up to somebody and putting his hand on the fellow's chest and saying, "Gh, my, two … [Read more...] about Lecture: History and Development of Processes–Question and Answer Period (1954)
Lecture: Organization of Data (1952)
In this 1952 lecture, Hubbard criticizes the scientific method that he says has been in use for a long time, because it "results in super specialization." Hubbard gives an example of "super specialization," and names his authority: Dr. Pottenger, Monrovia, California. Why, you go down a hall in a medical building and you check in and you say, "There's something in my eye." And the doctor looks at you and he says, "No," he says, "I'm an optic specialist and you'll have to go next door. An … [Read more...] about Lecture: Organization of Data (1952)
Lecture: Indoctrination in the Use of the E-Meter (1952)
In this lecture about Scientology's psychogalvanometer, Hubbard mentions Dr. Pottenger's style of diagnosis. I want to give you a talk and indoctrination on the use of a psychogalvanometer. Anyone who pretends to a knowledge of auditing should also at least pretend to a knowledge of how to use one of these machines. This machine is a small edition of those machines employed by police departments and which they call "lie detectors," The difference between this machine and a police department … [Read more...] about Lecture: Indoctrination in the Use of the E-Meter (1952)
Heinlein archives: Navy Department Personal History Statement: Robert Heinlein (1951)
Source: Heinlein archives (ANNA201a-8) Date: 5 February 1951 On 20 February 1933, Heinlein was sent on sick leave and lived at 1210 Valencia Way, Arcadia, CA for three months and then in Monrovia, California, both while being treated at the Pottenger Sanatorium. In the fall of 1933, he was transferred to Fitzsimmons Hospital, Denver[1. Wikipedia: Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center], and was placed on "sick in quarters" until his retirement early in 1934. [1. The Heinlein archives include … [Read more...] about Heinlein archives: Navy Department Personal History Statement: Robert Heinlein (1951)