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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...frightening, bending and kicking in a fantastic goosestep, over road and into meadow on his left. At last, in Boston, having covered 45 miles in 12 hr., 20 min.,* Joseph de Virgilio flopped down from his five-foot, 15-pound poles. His legs, swollen to far above their normal size, could not support him; he was carried moaning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 12, 1927 | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...Disinfection is essential; antiseptic gargles are of questionable value, even probably harmful. After-treatment is of the greatest importance. If properly treated, deformities may, to a large extent, be prevented. During the acute stage, massage and exercise should not be resorted to, but the paralyzed part kept in its normal position through splints. To such orthodox treatment, Dr. Martin's serum is an experimental adjunct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Infantile Paralysis | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

Captain Round's process provides for reading at normal speed. The Round records have three or four times the usual number of grooves of a twelve-inch record and rotate a third as fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Phonograph Reading | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...complete deliverance lies through an act for normal men the most unthinkable. When his young daughter, April, comes to Point Sur to fetch him for her mother, he forces her, passing through incest to the full exaltation of godhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: VERSE | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...Cornelius, N. C., Mrs. G. M. Burton, Negress, does not sing "Ten baby fingers and ten baby toes" to Bettie, a daughter she bore three years ago. Bettie, taken last week to a Charlotte, N. C., clinic for examination, has 18 fingers, 25 toes, on the normal number of hands & feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Optimists | 7/18/1927 | See Source »

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