Penicillin in Gas Gangrene Treatment Highlights
A Journal of the American Medical Association report credits penicillin with reducing mortality and disease extent in gas gangrene, while stressing the vital role of early surgical removal of damaged tissue and the supportive use of gas gangrene antitoxin. The article notes antibiotics halt growth, but antitoxin aids cure. The second item discusses the Man in the Iron Mask identity theories, noting velvet mask with whalebone, possible Count Mattioli, 1698 Bastille confinement, death November 19, 1703, burial in St. Paul’s Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Man In
France
Lestang
Count Mattioli
Ferdinand Charles
Mantua
Louis XIV
Casale
Bastille
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Paris
Marchioly
Uranium Source and Congo Ore Exports During War
The article notes that most uranium ore used for atomic bombs originated in the Belgian Congo with major deposits at Chinkolobwe in Katanga. In 1940 Congo ore valued at two million dollars and totaling 1 071 tons was shipped to the United States for processing. It also discusses prewar Belgium and postwar shipment patterns to North America and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Africa
Belgian Congo
Chinkolobwe
Katanga
Belgium
North America
Canada
Dominion
Congo
United States
Hillsboro Social Roundup Tells Local Visits
Hillsboro residents Mr and Mrs Eugene Knott and Mr and Mrs M Emitt Potts dined with Mr and Mrs Herman M Orrell in Wye Mills last Sunday. Mr W S Russell and Mrs Blanche Morse visited Chestertown with her son in law and daughter, Oliver Hulett family. Mr and Mrs Joseph M Eaton are spending the week in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Knott
M. Emitt Potts
Herman M. Orrell
Wye Mills
W. S. Russell
Blanche Morse
Chestertown
Morse
Oliver Hulett
Joseph M. Eaton
New York
Local Social News Highlights Frequent Visits and Family Time
Mrs Oscar Clark of Denton visits sister Mrs Charles Jarrell for the week. Miss Miriam Gale spends Monday and Tuesday in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs F E Fleming and Mr and Mrs Barton Butler host Miss Regina Piercy of Washington for the weekend. The Butlers visit Baltimore Tuesday. Miss Marjory Baker of Washington recovers at home after a tonsil operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlane Eaton
Ellinor Eaton
Oscar Clark
Denton
Charles Jarrell
Miriam Gale
Baltimore
F. E. Fleming
Barton Butler
Regina Piercy
Washington
Marjory Baker
Roe Demands Meat Subsidies Halted Over Delmarva Poultry
Representative Dudley G Roe of Maryland calls for an end to meat subsidies amid a Delmarva poultry crisis. He cites heavy losses from overproduction and deep Army Navy cutbacks, noting subsidized costs inflate wholesale and retail prices and hinder the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley G. Roe
D-Md
Delmarva
Delmarva Peninsula
Kent County Firemen’s Association attendees listed at Harrington
Names attending the Kent County Firemen’s Association gathering in Harrington last week include Thos Heather Jr, Paul Smith, Joseph Westrod, Lee Leslie, and Harry Starkey. Visits from Mr and Mrs Carl Heinle and their child of Orange New Jersey to Mrs T E Heather’s home over the weekend. Mrs H B Logan spent a few days with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent County Firemen’s Association
Harrington
Thos
Heather Jr
Paul Smith
Joseph Westrod
Lee Leslie
Harry Starkey
Carl Heinle
Orange
N. J
T. E. Heather
H. B. Logan
J. T. Heather
Miami
Fla
Price Kaler
Washington
B. R. Kaler
A. Martin and
Helen
Geo. Virsack
Henderson
John Olphie
Michael Olphie
G. H. Ward
William McKey
Newark
Del
J. P. George
Cambridge
Marydel
Carol Ware Jr
Paul Melvin
Wilmington
Community News Roundup and Local Visits
Last week's social notes detail visits and family gatherings at Carneys Point and Newark Delaware with multiple households. weddings, funerals, and church events are noted including a Methodist Church quarterly conference and a dedication of flags in memory of Thos McDougal and George Smiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Thomas Chapel
Methodist Sunday School
Thos. McDougal
George Smiley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Better Vision Institute
Institute
Hillsboro
Mente
Walter Burkins
Carney’s Point
duPont Company
Bickling
R. S. Moore
Fred Betton
Charles Miller
Wyoming
Herman Starkey
Newport, del
Charles Saatman
Virginia Butts
Walter Marvel
Ella Ennis
David
A. L. Harmin
John Gooden
Bessie Cleaver
H. Earle Smith
Masonic Bldg
Moore's. Funeral Home
Southern States
Southern States Cooperative Service Agency
Mers Supply Coop
Maryland
Willey Motor Co
Willey Motor Company
Hudson Sales and Service
Pittsburgh
Leon C. Bulow
Hynson
Federalsburg
Dial
Dial Bridgeville
Chis
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