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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Penetration v. Laceration. Battlefield wounds are of two main types: penetrating, lacerating. Penetrating wounds are caused by bomb fragments and bullets, lacerating wounds by high explosive bombs. "Secondary bodies" may also act as missiles. "Thus the contents of a victim's pockets," say Drs. Mitchiner and Cowell, "may be peppered by the force of the burst bomb, and such things as ... penknives, coins and pencils may be found distributed in the body, and occasionally outside objects such as pebbles, bits of masonry, and even the bones and soft tissues of a nearby victim may cause wounds." Grease, dirt...
...lowered vitality" which follows wounds, even trivial ones. Unchecked, it causes death. Wound shock comes from pain, loss of body heat, bleeding and toxemia. Lack of water balance, due to excessive sweating and short water rations, makes soldiers ready victims. The loss of fluid thickens their blood, produces a high concentration of poisonous urea. Best treatment for wound shock, discovered in the last year of World War I: 1) small doses of morphine for relief of pain; 2) an abundance of blankets and hot water bottles to prevent chill; 3) plenty of warm, sweet tea to restore a proper water...
...schools and colleges opened, many a student and teacher, stranded in Europe, failed to answer the roll call. But not resourceful Miss Alice T. Scheh, a Brooklyn high-school stenography teacher, who had an adventure to report to her pupils when she faced them bright & early one morning this week. Having spent the summer traveling alone in Iran and Iraq, Miss Scheh arrived in Italy with a return steamship ticket and a flat purse. Her ship developed "engine trouble," failed to sail. So did other ships to which the Italian Line transferred her. Unable to get either passage or refund...
...after the rain they seem sadly washed out and anticlimactic. Chief among them are Tom Ransome (George Brent), a remittance man from a good county family, his old flame Lady Edwina Esketh (Myrna Loy), who deserted him to find a rich husband, and Major Safti (Tyrone Power), the handsome, high-caste Indian surgeon for whom Lady Esketh wickedly sets her cap. While trying to keep his friend Safti out of Lady Esketh's clutches, Ransome has his hands full with a stage-struck missionary's daughter, Fern Simon (Brenda Joyce). To Ransome the rains bring strength, to Major...
...most news columns passion triumphed, while reason sat patiently wagging a finger on the editorial page. Typical was the tabloid New York Daily News. Like many another paper, the Daily News printed the French high command's terse, dry bulletins reporting the start of its drive against the German Westwall under headlines like a joyful yell...