Word: normale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French Government, deeply hostile to any policy of inflation, remains attached to stability of the national currency and maintenance of the gold value of the franc. But, at the same time, the Government is resolutely determined not to deny itself the normal and perfectly legitimate means of action which may be placed at its disposal in the domain of credit...
...when the twins were sent home for good, "conditioned" Johnny was a fearless little acrobat with a personality far in advance of his years and "unconditioned"' Jimmy was just a plain laughing, crying, scary youngster (TIME, July 30). Last week Dr. Myrtle Byram McGraw, assistant director of the Normal Child Development Clinic where the Woods twins were under scientific control from their 20th day, explained: "Jimmy and Johnny have both, I think, lost out in their home environment and, while that is disappointing so far as these two particular children are concerned, it is theoretically encouraging...
...picture of the child's torso they draw a line through the centres of both hips. Then they draw a line through the roof of each hip socket (acetabulum). The angles formed by the roof lines crossing the centre line the doctors call the acetabular index. In normal hips the angles measure between 20° and 27.5°. If the angles exceed 27.5°, dislocation probably will occur...
...water seemed to do him more good than Atlantic water, which is less salty. "Now," wrote he last week. "I frequently go to sleep with a pair of cotton gloves on my hands, with a little extra padding over the back and fingers, soaked with either sea water or normal saline solution...
Malaria is stoically accepted as the recurrent curse of the Southern states. Last year South Carolina had more than its normal share of the disease and in Camden County, N. C. a particularly malignant form laid some 500 persons low in two months. These outbreaks, however, did not perturb the rest of the nation. People know that only mosquitoes carry malaria infection from one person to another. Hence those who live in malarial districts shield themselves from mosquitoes by screening their windows, putting netting over their beds and dosing themselves with quinine. The more foresighted prevent the breeding of mosquitoes...