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...whole life fell apart after the trial. Lady Wilde stood by him, but he lost interest in his profession, "became dirtier, uglier, more abrupt" as time went on. He still saw occasional patients: once, unable to find an eye dropper when he was ready to put some lotion in a child's eye, he angrily grabbed a pen from his desk, flicked the lotion in, permanently scarring the eyeball. Dr. Wilson notes that his decline was probably hastened by physical causes as well as mental anguish. It was a steady decline; the end came...
...knew horses. They got along as well as any employer and employe can when one of them is Elizabeth Arden Graham. She told him to get rid of Knockdown, a $2,000 ugly duckling, and Tom allowed he would-some day. She brought out her Ardena eye lotion for the horses' eyes, and Ardena "Eight-Hour Cream" for their chafed spots. Diplomat Tom used them; they didn't do a horse any harm...
...crew would occupy in battle stations: rats in the turrets, on deck, in engine rooms, gun-tubs and bridges. The goats will be tethered among them. Some of the pigs, whose skin approximates human skin, will be dressed in standard Navy anti-flash suits and smeared with anti-flash lotion. A few will have new and secret protection. There will be no human volunteers, although one William Parker, 46, of Los Angeles had offered himself, and was calling for fellow self-sacrificers...
...Dark red veterinary petrolatum took first place with scientists as a sunburn lotion. Called in by the Army to test suntan preparations for marooned sailors and airmen, G.E. tested 13, turned thumbs down on some of the more highly advertised, water-soluble products. Also recommended: phenyl salicylate...
...idea was not new. Yardley of London, Inc. (now made in New Jersey), Roger & Gallet, and Guerlain, Inc. had, in a limited way, gone into the lotion-and-lavender field for men 30 years ago, had then been followed, timidly and on a small scale, by other talc and cosmetic makers. Altogether in 1939 they grossed only about $12,000,000 a year, small change compared to the half-billion-a-year business in women's cosmetics...