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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Author Turner's most savage anecdotes are from the annals of court medicine. In a day when only God could save a King, a typical court quack was John of Gaddesden (probably Chaucer's "verrey parfit practisour"). John went so far as to publish a list of ailments that, financially, were beneath his notice. His gaudiest feat: curing Edward I's son of smallpox by swaddling the boy in scarlet robes, confining him to a room hung with scarlet drapes, claiming that the color's influence turned the trick. The 17th century court physician had less...
Secondly, some students who need financial aid, but do not hold scholarships, very often apply for inexpensive rooms in their Houses. In this way, they save perhaps $100 a term. Under a single-rent plan, this type of saving would be impossible...
...quality of the four pieces mentioned above. Sandy has another poem, "Vale," of "the morning after" variety. Some good metaphors lose out to bad ones and hazy grammar. "We See No Phoenix," by Jonathan Revere, is confused by inconsistent metaphor, though some bright colors and clear rhymes save it from dullness...
...other hand, he added, some religious persons are suspicious enough of the secular university to believe that an organization like the Fellowship can "do no more than save a few souls from the encompassing holocaust...
...Black River at 75 m.p.h. while Casey exulted in its power. "Sim," he shouted to his fireman, "the old lady's got her high-heeled slippers on tonight." Minutes later he saw the freight cars parked on the track ahead. "Jump, Sim," cried Casey, "and save yourself." Fireman Simeon Webb jumped and lived. But Casey Jones, on the night of April 30, 1900, roared on to death-and became a legend...