Florence's Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy Claims World Oldest
The Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella in Florence opened in 1612 by monks and remains a showcase of Renaissance art and historic remedies. Madame Maria Stefani Bernardini notes original formulas, including Terraca, perfumes, and elixirs still crafted there, attracting tourists and celebrities alike.
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Florence
Italy
Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di
Giotto
Spinello Aretino
UPIM
Maria Stefani Bernardini
Vatican
Hollywood
England
Romania
Stefani Bernardini
Santa Maria Novella
Snail fever fight stepped up on Leyte
Dr Benjamin H Kean leading renewed efforts against schistosomiasis in the Philippines. He notes Philippine strains breed far more eggs than Brazilian forms, causing extensive liver damage and enlarged spleens. Treatments are complex and expensive. mass snail control and drug regimens offer the best hope.
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Tacloban
Philippines
UPI
Leyte Island
Asia
Middle East
Africa
South America
Benjamin H. Kean
Cornell Medical Center
New York
Egypt
Brazil
Kean
Imelda Marcos
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Leyte
Goldsmith
Unnecessary Police Force Found in High Crime Areas
University of Michigan sociologist Albert Reiss estimates about one in ten officers use unnecessary force in eight weeks of field observations in eight precincts across three major cities. The study tracked 36 observers recording 37 excessive force incidents among 44 citizens amid 3,826 police contacts with 10,564 people. Most victims were from lower social classes and whites were more often targeted than blacks.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Albert J. Reiss, Jr
Transaction
U.S
Parisians Favor New Colors for Eiffel Tower
A France-Soir poll shows 26 percent prefer gray, 16 percent favor tricolor blue white red, 12 percent want blue, and about 10 percent want the current chestnut pastel.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
France-Soir
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