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...smallest disease-causing organisms, is less than a millionth of an inch long. Trying to follow this minute invader as it attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord has long been a baffling problem for polio researchers. Last week two Yalemen, Drs. Joseph L. Melnick and John B. LeRoy, told how they had used the electron microscope to study this microcosmic warfare-with surprising results...
...virus's appetite for nucleoproteins suggested an explanation of the oft-reported link between physical fatigue and the severity of a polio attack, said Dr. Melnick. The nucleoproteins are believed to be reduced by extreme fatigue. Therefore, if the polio virus attacks an exhausted person, the supply of nucleoproteins will be at a minimum and the virus will soon consume it, causing the death of the nerve cells. But if the infected person is well rested and has an abundant store of nucleoproteins in his nerve cells, the virus may be able to satisfy its own needs without destroying...
...produced by Nelson L. Gross & Daniel Melnick) is the third of handsome Negro Choreographer Katherine Dunham's "revues" and, like her Tropical Revue and Carib Song, is really an evening of dancing. Miss Dunham has a well-nigh unapproached knowledge of the exotic dances of the West Indies and the Caribbean, which she has recreated in forms of her own. Bal Nègre offers a variety of them that, from a theater standpoint, seems badly lacking in variety. On its own terms, however, Bal Nègre often has a good deal of color and excitement...