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Conquering schizophrenia: Switzerland has made many contributions to the growing awareness of schizophrenia. The company Sandoz in Basel discovered the first psychotropic drug, while Zurich's Burgholzli clinic opened new avenues of psychotherapy.
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During the whole 19th century, most insane asylums looked like visions from hell. Since the inmates, during their psychotic fits, might howl, smash furniture and assault the wardens, they were treated like wild beasts or worse.
In 1920, the German book 'Life Unworthy of Life' caused the deaths of thousands of mentally deranged Germans, many of whom suffered from what we now call schizophrenia. Under Nazi rule, they were classified as 'useless parasites' and sent to gas chambers.
Even as late as the 1950s, the treatment of 'incurable' schizophrenic patients ...
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Wicat wins contract for European aviation training school. (Wicat Systems Ltd., Anthony Fokker Technical Training School)
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Fokker: A transatlantic biography
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; ...colourful characters, the Dutchman Anthony Fokker, whose combat aircraft first...conclusion Dierikx claims that Fokker was 'crucial' in facilitating...do so. It is tempting to see Anthony Fokker as something of a dilettante in...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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AIRPLANE-MAKER FOKKER IS IN A FINANCIAL TAILSPIN.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...money to keep Fokker in the air. At Fokker's Amsterdam headquarters and at...single layoff in Dutch history. Fokker's troubles contrast with the company...when engineer-turned-test pilot Anthony Fokker's name was synonymous with aviation...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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PLANE MAKER HURTING FOKKER'S 7,800 JOBS AT STAKE.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; ...t offering enough money to keep Fokker in the air. If the company closes...single layoff in Dutch history. Fokker's troubles contrast with the company...when engineer-turned-test pilot Anthony Fokker's name was synonymous with aviation...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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PLANE-MAKER CLOSE TO A CRASH FOKKER'S DEMISE COULD COST 7,800 JOBS.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...money to keep Fokker in the air. At Fokker's Amsterdam headquarters and at...single layoff in Dutch history. Fokker's troubles contrast with the company...when engineer-turned-test pilot Anthony Fokker's name was synonymous with aviation...
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FOKKER FIGHTS FINANCIAL WOES.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; ...money to keep Fokker in the air. At Fokker's Amsterdam headquarters and at...single layoff in Dutch history. Fokker's troubles contrast with the company...when engineer-turned-test pilot Anthony Fokker's name was synonymous with aviation...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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Black day for Red Baron's planes
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; Fokker is one of the oldest names in aircraft...Richthofen, known as the Red Baron. Anthony Fokker, the founder, supplied the Red Baron...planes. It was only in 1919, that Fokker was formally founded as a company, going...
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Aerial ambition; May 31, 1926
Newspaper article from: The Press
; ...attack within the United States. Anthony Fokker, the remarkable Dutch aviation...Western Front in World War 1. But Fokker's support for German ambitions...America will outstrip France." -- Anthony Fokker announces his great new plane...
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