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THIS EPISODE LIES in contrast to one which took place earlier in the month, in another neighborhood, after another series of crimes. Since Noverber 18, eight women in predominantly white Allston-Brighton have been victims of rape or attempted rape. Community residents there were also scared and angry. At a meeting attended by police representatives and community residents, which was reported on the front page of bothThe Globe and the Herald, Police Commissioner Jordan promised, "We're going to get this guy." District Attorney Flanagan promised, "...no fine, no probation, no suspended sentence...," and District 14 Detective Paul Rufo declared...
...Roxbury Dorchester meeting took place less than a week after the one in Allston-Brighton, and Roxbury citizens demanded the same sort of concrete action they had witnessed in response to the Brighton rapes. Instead they received vague promises and condescending treatment from the city. Police explained the differences in treatment in terms of the differences between the cases: in Brighton they suspected that one person per-petrated all the crimes, and in Roxbury, perhaps three or even four different suspects were being sought. Therefore, the police said, they didn't feel that stepped up police protection was necessarily...
...technique devised by Brighton, Teflon-coated electrodes are implanted directly into the bone around the fracture site even before the broken limb is placed in a cast. The electrodes are then hooked up to a small 7.5-volt battery that is strapped to the cast; a tiny current of 10 to 20 microamperes is directed into the area of the break. The voltage is applied about twelve hours a day for two to four months. Then the electrodes are surgically removed...
...around the region of the break. In that way he is able to induce an electrical current within the bone. The treatment requires only a 10-volt portable powerpack, can be operated by the patient at home, and is continued for about the same two to four months as Brighton's method...
Bassett reports solid bone growth in 80% of 308 patients; Brighton says that he has achieved an 84% cure rate in his 200 cases. Their patients have even more reason to be pleased. As his cast and magnetic coils were removed last month, Brachfield asked anxiously: "Can I play shuffleboard? Can I bowl?" Bassett hesitated a moment, looked at an X ray of the healed fracture, then confidently assured his patient that he would soon be playing both sports...