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...Holy Man (Cyril Cusack) who declares that Saadia "has a soul capable of the most extraordinary action." In fact, she turns out to be a sort of North African Calamity Jane, who rides off into the badlands, carves up a bandit chief, steals back some serum he has stolen, and so saves the country from a bubonic plague. In the end, of course, she wins the No. 1 bunk in the kaid's harem...
...Illinois legislative committee, after a year probing the foofaraw over krebiozen (TIME, Nov. 26, 1951), concluded that none of the embattled and embittered parties has done wrong. It urged a further, impartial trial of the mysterious horse serum for cancer cases...
...child's other arm was promptly swabbed with alcohol and Dr. Salk hustled over with a hypodermic. Though the syringe might hold up to 5 cc. of vaccine, the needle was changed for each child to cut down the danger of serum hepatitis. With a quick, deft motion perfected by much practice, Dr. Salk jabbed the needle in and pushed the plunger until 1 cc. had been injected. Most children let out an "Oh!" or "Ow!" and marched off, self-consciously proud, to another room where a nurse watched their reactions. One of the commonest: "Why. I didn...
...rugby team opened its season with a 3 to 0 victory over previously undefeated New York Rugy Club here yesterday. The Crimson's powerful serum and fast moving backs made the difference in the one touchdown...
...therefore, contracted from transfusions or from improperly sterilized needles used in taking blood samples. One famed exceptional outbreak: 33,000 cases in the Army in 1942 from a yellow-fever vaccine containing human serum...