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...Materia Medica...
...round useful crop. Yet its widely publicized new industrial uses still consume only about 2% of the U.S. crop, most of which will go for purposes known to the Chinese as far back as 2838 B.C., when it was called China's greatest legume in a materia medica written by the Emperor Shen-Nung ("The Heavenly Farmer...
...Seattle's 27-year-old Jack Medica, who recently turned pro to coach at Columbia University, is the world's greatest middle-distance swimmer. Of 16 individual freestyle world's records, he is credited with nine-ranging from 200 meters (2:07.2) to a mile...
...homeopathy spread to the U. S., where it specially flourished among the Pennsylvania Germans. Bearded homeopaths, whose only knowledge of medicine was gained by mulling over the master's German writings (Organon; Chronic Diseases, Their Nature and Homeopathic Treatment; Materia Medica Pura), traveled from village to village handing out little colored sugar pills from their shabby black bags, fighting bitter trade wars with orthodox, "allopathic" physicians...
Bill Kendall '40 set a remarkable Harvard record of 4:48.9 in the quarter-mile, comparing favorably with Medica's world's record of 4:40.8. Cutler has done 4:56 and is expected to improve. To break five minutes is the ambition of every 440 swimmer, and anything under 5:10 is considered good. Yale's present team holds the 400 relay record at 3:30.7, while the Harvard record is 3:33.2. Any time for the four 100's under 3:35 is excellent; under 3:40 is good. Coach Ulen's best foursome may vary from...