Word: dosings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...began the hygiene lesson-15 minutes' worth. Other days, pupils got an equivalent dose of social studies, science, art or music...
Says Processor Gabriel: "We get them used to what bothers them, or a worse dose [until] playing in public is really a relief...
...TIME [July 7]: "Says the latest Journal of Aviation Medicine: People who get airsick may be able to avoid it by taking in advance a small dose of the drug hyoscine, also known as scopolamine, the so-called 'truth' drug often used as a sedative. In a Navy test of cadets so dosed, only ½ of 1% got sick even in bumpy air (normal...
...truck, laying a curtain of thick white fog like a smoke screen. Within a few minutes, flies and mosquitoes in its path were observed to stagger and collapse. In half an hour, every insect on the beach was dead. Next day, the four-mile beach area got another fog dose. By the time weekenders arrived, a few hours later, the DDT beach test was clearly a "100% success...
...dose, according to the experimenters, clears an outdoor area of insects for about two weeks. Blown through a house, the fog makes a season-long death trap for flies and mosquitoes. On the basis of tests so far, the DDT fog seems to be harmless to people, birds and animals (see below...