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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cases like hers, the abnormal sickle cells pile up periodically, and many red cells break down, thus lower the hemoglobin-and hence the available oxygen in the blood. The victim feels fatigue, a racing heartbeat, shortness of breath and, as a result of clots which form during the crisis, often severe abdominal pain and aching joints. "Blood transfusions were routine with me," says Marclan. "Long cuts were made on my ankles so the doctors could insert needles into larger veins than they could find in my arms ... At times I would have convulsions, and there would be other times when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Sickle Threat | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...leaving Type II as the least dangerous. But it is against Type II disease that the vaccine has proved most effective-it has almost disappeared in four years. The explanation is in the antibody levels that Dr. Salk has studied in the children he inoculated: highest against Type II, lower against Type I and lowest against Type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Calling the Shots | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

...Round Record. Last week, while the lackluster Lakers were losing three out of five games and sinking lower into third place in the four-team Western Division, Baylor still managed to stay fourth in league scoring, kept his average at 23.4 points a game. His scoring would be even higher if he did not pass so often when free to shoot-he ranked seventh in playmaking assists at last week's tally. In addition, he was third in rebounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Young Pro | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

DROPPING FARM PRICES will put parity below 80% for first time in 19 years. Lower prices are coming for cotton, grain, citrus, eggs, milk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jan. 19, 1959 | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

Because Humanities 2 is to be bracketed, the Committee on General Education is sponsoring a new lower-level Humanities course, as yet unnamed, based on "dramatic literature." William Alfred, assistant professor of English, and Cedric H. Whitman '38, associate professor of Greek and Latin, will lecture. The new course, not intended to replace Humanities 2, may be given in alternate years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hum 2 Dropped for Next Year; Finley to Give Course in 1960 | 1/15/1959 | See Source »

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