Word: v
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Venom v. Epilepsy. When Dr. do Amaral reached Manhattan last week he had with him 40 South American snakes, present for Raymond Lee Ditmarks, curator of reptiles at the New York Zoological Park. Dr. Ditmarks fondly sorted the snakes. As he was doing so, Dr. Adolph Monaelesser, retired Manhattan physician, visited him. Dr. Monaelesser was President McKinley's surgeon of the Red Cross during the Spanish-American War. Lately he has been doing private research on epilepsy. His visit to the zoo was for some venom of the black African cobra. Dr. Ditmarks has the only...
...George V entered the third month of his illness, the King-Emperor was officially described as "making slow progress" and unofficially as "brighter." Last week His Majesty napped frequently, displayed a keener appetite, chatted with Queen Mary several times daily, and asked, but was refused, permission to read...
Especially significant last week, in view of all that the Papacy is about to gain, seemed the well-worn inscription on an obelisk erected by Sixtus V, and which faces St. Peter...
Whether "Feng the Mighty" will be permitted to shoulder this giant's burden-and incidentally to pocket Shantung-was not clear last week. At Nanking other Nationalist leaders were loath to comment; but Finance Minister T. V. Soong, brother-in-law of President Chiang Kaishek, did reveal that he has worked out a program for disbanding all but 715,000 of the new State's 1,500,000 troops. Whether some, any or all of Marshal Feng's troops would be disbanded, shrewd Dr. Soong would...
...Reverend J. V. Moldenhauer, D.D., Minister of the First Presbyterian Church, New York City, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel this morning, at 8.45 o'clock...