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...trouble] is not that it makes the microbes resistant," he said, "but rather that some people become sensitive to it. The penicillin still works on the germs, but the patient sometimes becomes too uncomfortable to permit its use ... In those cases, the cure may be worse than the ailment...
Died. Walter Brookins, 64, earliest of U.S. aviation's surviving Early Birds; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. A boyhood neighbor of Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton. Ohio, he became their first pupil, soloed after 2½ hours' instruction, taught scores of American pilots to fly, including the late General H. H. ("Hap") Arnold. Retiring in 1919, he began manufacturing aircraft parts, helped in the development of World War II's 6-24 Liberator bomber...
Died. Malvina ("Tommy") Thompson, 61, longtime (since 1928) personal secretary to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who once described her as "the person who makes life possible for me"; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
...Eisenhower grandchildren arrived at the White House last week, the President was told to keep his distance: White House Physician Howard Snyder had detected a slight cold, and he warned Ike not to infect the kids. Despite the cold, the President kept steadily at his heavy schedule, and another ailment-a "slightly sprained" wrist-did not prevent him from a quick round of golf at Burning Tree Country Club...
After a succession of bothersome colds, 85-year-old Dowager Queen Mary was again confined to her bed in Marlborough House. This time it was a stomach ailment. Nothing serious, said the royal physicians, but it had hung on longer than it should. Nevertheless, from Manhattan, the Duke of Windsor and his visiting sister, the Princess Royal, were summoned to her bedside in London...