Savages' Shrunken Heads May Aid Fight on Cancer
Dr Wilburn H Ferguson, an American physician with 17 years among Jivaros in the Amazon, promotes the idea that shrunken heads and Jivaro drugs may offer insights into cancer treatment. He cites eight heads and a shrinking formula, while noting the need for scientific validation.
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Wilburn H. Ferguson
Ferguson
Oklahoma
Congo
Amazon Basin
Ecuador
States
Quito
San Juan de Dios
Amazon
Jivaros Inspire New Medical Hopes From Jungle Life
The jungle living Jivaros contribute spastic and shock therapy, and protonone, a poison to snakes and insects but harmless to humans, to modern medicine. If their head hunting habits uncover a possible cancer cure, Dr. Ferguson does not laugh it off.
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Jivaros
Ferguson
Linn County 1947 Financial Report Copies Available
Linn County offers the 1947 financial report, 68 pages in a green cover, to taxpayers and the board of supervisors. The auditor notes the document covers receipts and expenditures with duties of county officials, warrants, budgets, a county map, census table, and 1946 election recap. Copies are available in the county auditor's office after Friday.
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Linn County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Byers Divorce Filed in Linn County Iowa Court
Wilma Byers petitions the Linn County District Court for an absolute divorce from Kenneth Byers on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant is notified to appear by November 7, 1948, at Cedar Rapids. Attorneys Elderkin and Locher represent the plaintiff.
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Linn County
Wilma Byers
Kenneth Byers
Kennneth Byers
District Court
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Elderkin, & Locher
Higley
Cedar, Rapids
Town
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Davenport
Waterloo
Des Moines
Welfare Bureau
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