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...fringe of medical research are a number of doctors who sometimes make strange, wonderful and unexplained cures. One such is Dr. Burr Ferguson of Birmingham. Ala., who claims to cure practically every known disease by injections of diluted hydrochloric acid. In some cases he succeeds. He thinks his treatment works because the hydrochloric acid stimulates the production of white blood cells which destroy germs and help to heal wounds. Medical scholars pay no attention to him or his medication. On the other hand, many country doctors believe in Dr. Ferguson and use diluted hydrochloric acid (now widely sold in sterile...
First Sergeants are Cleveland Amory '39, Edwin R. Clarke '39, Allen E. Puckett '39, and Charles C. Snyder '39, while 1939 chiefs of sections are Frederick S. Armstrong, Arthur R. Borden, Jr., I. Tucker Burr, 3d, William L. Calfee, Arthur L. Derby, Jr., Francis J. Donovan, Jr., William A. McFadden, John F. Regan, and Frank S. White...
Scoring for the three races was done on the basis of one point for each boat beaten and one point for finishing. Results were as follows: Rousmaniere, 34; Fulham, 30; Hutton, 29; Dowsett, 27; Haskell, 24; Burnett, 21; Chandler, 18; Lloyd, 17; Kennedy, 12; Tucker, 12; and Burr...
Sitting at the head table were Charles Francis Adams '88, former president of the club; Nathaniel F. Ayer '00, former president; I. Tucker Burr '79, first vice-president of the club; President Conant '13; George Peabody Gardner '10; Frederick Martin '93, president of the Harvard Club of New York; Maurice M. Osborne '07; Leverett Saltonstall '14; Edward A. Taft '04, president of the club; and John H. Williams, dean of the new Littauer School...
...final bout saw Roger C. Downs '40 edge Issac T. Burr, 3rd, '39 to become new 165 pound champion