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Checkup. In Toledo, shortly after ten men broke out of the Lucas County jail, a man phoned and asked: "Sheriff, has they caught any of us boys yet?"
After about five minutes, Mrs. Lucas told the doctor that Billy's eyes were beginning to change. The doctor, a cool & collected type, scarcely looked up from his brain-wave charts. It was too soon for any change, he said; that would take at least half an hour. After...
Billy was helped to his feet. He stood-unsteadily but unaided. Soon, rejoicing in what she considered a miracle, Mrs. Lucas bundled Billy up and took him home. Now, gradually gaining sureness, he toddles around without leg braces. He proudly eats a dish of cereal all by himself. And instead...
Rare & Grave. Despite Mrs. Lucas' enthusiasm, what had happened to Billy was really no miracle. He was a victim of myasthenia gravis, a mysterious, uncommon disease which usually strikes adolescents or the elderly. Infant cases are rare, and Billy's was especially hard for the doctors to diagnose...
Neostigmine (a muscle stimulant) is both a standard test and a standard treatment for myasthenia gravis. Perhaps because he was so young, Billy Lucas' response to the first injection was unusually dramatic. Now he is getting the drug in tablet form every three hours. But he has another chance...