483:. "Willard Lindstrom, fifth from left, New Brunswick High School principal, is joined by Mayor Patricia Sheehan, in white dress, in the happy job of presenting convocation awards to NBHS alumni, left to right, former Judge Klemmer Kalteissen, William N. Margolis, Kenneth Q. Jennings, Capt. Nancy Christ, John Dimitriades, Capt. Linda Christ, Dr. Peter Charanis, Karl E. Metzgar, Samuel Carmell and Dr. Louis Lasagna."
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296:(1963). It was described in a review as an "unusually readable account of the complex development of medical practice from a confusion of superstition and ignorance in its earliest days down to its present." In one chapter, Lasagna had criticized popular
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Lasagna's numerous honors and awards include honorary Sc.D. degrees from
Hahnemann Medical School (1980) and Rutgers University (1983); and an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Alcalá in Spain (1998).
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company, and writing, directing, and starring in the "Mighty
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