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...Edward H. Gibson, "the human pincushion'," one of several who appeared in vaudeville at the turn of the century, let as many as 60 pins be stuck in him anywhere except the abdomen and groin. The climax of his show-business career was a crucifixion in which an assistant hammered a sharp spike through one of his hands, was ready to carry on with his other hand and feet, but the show had to be stopped because too many members of the audience fainted...
...singsong voice: "The call is coming, the call is coming." It was prophetic. The convulsions began, and the bright spirit slowly burned away. Nothing was spared, for there even came a day when Gabby's blood count suddenly became normal; her liver improved; the swelling in her abdomen began shrinking. But it was a false dawn and, watching the child sleep with her fine bones showing through the silvery pallor of her face, the mother thought: "I could sometimes see the unfamiliar but strangely beautiful mask of death already being tried...
Easier said than done. His first 3-ft. incision along the woman's abdomen was not enough. He had to make a T-shaped incision and fold back huge flaps of abdominal wall. Then he was able to roll out the tumor-a purplish, egg-shaped mass almost 3 ft. long. The patient's circulation faltered only for a moment when she was rolled onto her back. Now, Dr. Eames told the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, she is back in the fields as a migrant harvest hand...
...fire ant (Solenopsis saevissima), recently introduced into the U.S. from South America and already a plague to farmers in ten Southern states, is fast becoming a medical problem as well, reported Tulane University doctors. The tiny creature (from ⅛ to ¼ in. long, red with a black abdomen) has a savage sting that in mild cases causes a severe blister and swelling, sometimes accompanied by low fever and nausea; in some allergic individuals the sting, like bee venom, can cause anaphylactic shock, and there have been several deaths...
Other newsmen were not so lucky as Si Freidin. While covering a fight at Communist Party headquarters in Pest, LIFE Correspondent Tim Foote was shot in the left hand. A burst of machine-gun bullets ripped open the leg and abdomen of tall, famed Paris-Match Photographer Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini. From the ground, Pedrazzini held out his camera to a Match correspondent standing next to him and said: "Here, take a picture...