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...This I Know" Inman faces his most difficult problem, that of coping with a holocaust. His attitude resembles very much that of another chronic invalid, fifty years ago, W. E. Henley. "I am the captain of my soul" is written all over these verses, coupled with a strong sense of excitement at being alive in such a time. The attitude has not aged well, but we can admire Mr. Inman's courage if not his solution...
...prove no cure-all for a disease that is essentially incurable; but it may heal up some of the chronic grievances aggravated by indiscriminately seating men with their classes. Under the new plan, only the Freshmen--retaining their traditional sector in the midfield track-seats--will remain subject to the inelastic rules of the old class-seniority system...
...Evans believes that chronic arthritis can often be prevented if oxygen is injected into the joints when they first begin to swell. The oxygen, he claims, has a threefold action: 1) it seems to act as a buffer between inflamed cells, separating them, opening lymph channels for drainage, and reducing pressure; 2) it probably kills certain types of bacteria; 3) it may neutralize poisons and stimulate local circulation of blood...
Brokers were not disturbed by their sensitivity to war news; they worried more about the market's fundamental weakness, now almost chronic. It has no "supporting power"-no outer ring of semiliquid investors able to ride out the brief news-born squalls. One reason for this weakness: despite the production boom, corporate earnings are not going up in proportion to corporate sales (see below). Another: much Wall Street buying power has been absorbed by the liquidation of Britain's U. S. securities. For these unloadings Wall Street had a new name last week: Bundles from Britain...
...Josephine Bicknell Neal, 60, of Manhattan's famed Neurological Institute, is one of the pioneers in sulfanilamide treatment for meningitis. Dr. Neal has also done important research in epidemic encephalitis (sleeping sickness), has recently reported hopeful treatment of chronic cases with Bulgarian belladonna...