Word: mcleod
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last winter Dr. John Henry McLeod of Washington bent over an eight-month-old baby who lay coughing and rattling in his crib. The baby had a bad case of flu, as he could tell for sure when he examined under the microscope slides made from the baby's tears and saliva. What he saw was swarms of vicious pneumococci and tiny, rod-shaped, bloodsucking Hemophilus influenzae, most common of the numerous organisms connected with flu. To combat the pneumococci, he gave the baby injections of the remarkable new drug sulfapyridine. Against the Hemophili he had no weapons...
...baby, instead of dying, "showed marked improvement . . . within 24 hours," and in a few days the sulfapyridine conquered flu germs as well as pneumococci. Happy Dr. McLeod passed the glad news on to the U. S. Public Health Service, and Bacteriologist Margaret Pittman set to work in her laboratory to make sure his lucky hit was indeed...
...Virginia Anderson, Glen Ridge, N. J. John C. Finegan Virginia Gilbert, Gloucester Paul J. Flamand Dorothy Roche, Sharon, Pa. Robert F. Forker Betty Snowden, Pittsburgh Charles N. Foster Winifred Hemenway, Leominster Francis L. Foster Barbara Burton, Providence Irving M. Fried Elizabeth Schwartz, Waukegan, Ill. Nathan H. Garrick Jr. Nancy McLeod, Newton Thomas F. Garvey Mary Lee, Boston Charles S. Glesson Christine Stillman, Wareham George S. Goldstein Frances Sanders, Hartford, Conn. Eli Goldston Barbara Cohen, Brookline Richard W. Greenebaum Bernadetta Handrahan, Brockton Roger C. Griffin Jr. Eleanor Mastin, Needham Ralph W. Grover Carol Spahr, Bellerose David Hadden Katharine Claflin, Belmont William...
...Southerner-Rev. Dr. Lud H. Estes of Memphis. Booming out a point of law, Dr. Estes forgot himself, said: "As the old nigger says, 'I don't want to seem to be persnickety, but. . . .' " He stopped short. Two Negro delegates-one of them Florida Educator Mary McLeod Bethune-started for the platform to demand an explanation. Blushing, Dr. Estes seized a microphone, said: "Coming from the Deep South as I do, perhaps I am prone to use such words without realizing that they may give affront. I will say to the Conference: when there is a marriage...
...second round default Charlie D'Autremont won over Bill Stedman '41 of the 165 pounders to face Bobby Green in the finals who defeated Doug McLeod '39. Nick Mellon '39 in the 175 pound class lost a decision to Eb Cobb who then advanced to the finals to face Tucky Burr. The latter then shaded Paul Fields...