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...Neuwirth is also using the egg-culture method in an attempt to produce the world's first vaccine against trachoma, an infectious eye disease common throughout the Middle East; and he is trying to develop a bacteriophage ("bacteria-eater") solution to treat those already afflicted. Last month the Iranian Government gave Dr. Neuwirth its first scientific decoration...
...good a Guinea Pig as the best of them is Subsistence Lab's big (six-feet-two), roughhewn guiding genius, Lieut. Colonel Rohland A. Isker. A hearty but discriminating eater rather than a scientist, Colonel Isker built a solid reputation in the cavalry by always feeding his men the best there was. He went to the Q.M.C. Subsistence School in 1934, later became commanding officer of the laboratory. Not all his experiments have been successful. Tomato bread, for example, was a flop...
Died. Belisario Porras, 85, thrice President of Panama (between 1912 and 1924), idolized revolutionary before its separation from Colombia; of chronic bronchitis; in Panama City. Peasants hung the old fire-eater's picture near the saints' on their walls. He led a revolutionary expedition on Chiriqui in 1900, captured the capital of the province in hand-to-hand fighting with machetes, proclaimed himself leader of the Isthmus. When peace came after two years of guerrilla warfare he exiled himself, the next year repudiated the new republic because he disapproved its political character. Later won over, he became...
They learned to brush their teeth, wash their faces, shave and rinse out socks in two inches of water in a mess kit. The mention of British service biscuits brought wry smiles to their faces. Said one hardy biscuit eater: "You could dunk them in water and they'd soak it up all right. Then they'd be just as hard as ever...
...always stained with spittle. His teeth grew that way. His hair insists on its greasy disarray. His expensive grey suits wrinkle fast over his fleshiness. He often changes his habitual white ties several times a day, but they invariably get smudged. He is a heavy, un-French eater and uses his fingers as a fork, his fork as a toothpick...