Convicts risk life in sleep disease research at Parchman
At Mississippi state penitentiary Parchman convicts gamble with death for science and freedom by letting infected mosquitoes bite them to study encephalitis. Leo Hudgins endures the sting while Nurse Helen Dwyer holds the insects in a tube on his arm for the experiment.
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Commodus the Gladiator Emperor and His Fatal End
By Ripley. Saturday Cartoon explanation recalls Commodus, Rome’s emperor famed for gladiatorial feats 1031 times earning about 180000 per appearance. Described as a detested glutton, he wore armored gear and faced unarmed foes until Narcissus strangled him on December 31, 192. German Gift notes three meanings of Gift by gender der Gift anger die Gift present das Gift poison.
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