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...Gardner Clough, Hervey White & friends v. Woodstock's Respectables (local residents who are not artists, who frown on Art). Chief enemy of the Respectables is Clough, for though White was founder of the colony and instigator of the Maverick Festival, Clough's press and marital activities have drawn most venom from churchgoing Woodstock merchants. He is editor of the Woodstock bulletin, a journal of Woodstock's art votaries,? therefore chief spokesman and defender of the colonists against "the hypocritical piety of Christians." When, at the 1929 Maverick an anonymous fiat from a "Committee of Fifty" warned that offenders against...
Besides his ability to purify wine, which was the unicorn's greatest function in man's eye, he could also purify water for the forest animals. Upon discovering that a snake had poisoned a pool by spraying it with venom, all animals would await the arrival of a unicorn. He would touch the water with his horn, cleanse...
...Chinese still go to toads for materia medica. The dried venom of certain of their toads they give internally to break up colds and apply externally to treat toothache and local inflammations. The apparent effectiveness of Chinese toad venom induced Johns Hopkins to assign its Dr. Hans Jensen and R. K. Chen to examine the dried venom. Last week they reported that...
...liver oil. Another is adrenalin exactly like that taken from the suprarenal glands of animals. Two other ingredients act like digitalis, which the purple foxglove produces. There is a reservation in the scientists' report. They do not know how the Chinese dry and prepare their toad venom. Strange things may be added, befogging a true analysis...
...India where the king cobra, largest and most poisonous of snakes, takes a toll of thousands of lives a year, no progress has been made because the snake to held to be sacred. Since snakes die after a certain amount of venom has been extracted, the natives will not permit the development of any such protective measures, according to Dr. do Amaral. He added, "The natives of India would rather die than have a colbra die. The number of times their preference is fulfilled is amazing...