Ambidextrous surgeon hunted tigers in India and spoke in London
Colonel Sir Henry Gianey of Calcutta, famed ophthalmic surgeon and tiger hunter, entertained by the Anglo-Indian Association in London. He credits ambidexterity for 24,000 cataract operations and saving sight, recounting battles with two tigers in one day and memories with elephant Khudum Kal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Henry Gianey
Calcutta
Sir Henry
Anglo-Indian Association
India
England
Oxford University
Khudum Kal
Women Civil Servants Favor Men Doctors In Pension Exam
English women civil servants overwhelmingly prefer male doctors for the required medical examination to join a unified pension system. Initially men doctors were used, but after protests female doctors were appointed. still the option yields few takers and requests for further regulation changes are denied.
Gloucester amended regulations on gender based medical exams
The article argues that pharmacy and Gloucester rules imply women preferring examination by a female doctor are treated as eccentrics. A footnote hints at desiring a woman examiner, while the history of male doctor dominance is said to be poorly amended. It also questions pension equality certificates asking if the applicant has been sober and temperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penworth
A.M.P
Story of tennis through ages and royal courts
The tale traces tennis from ancient Egypt and Homeric times to medieval France and royal England. Kings and queens fostered the game, with Henry VIII and James II shown courting courts, while Charles X and Louis XV met fatal or chilling ends linked to tennis. An effigy at Lichfield recalls a royal child struck by a ball.
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Homer
Nile
Egypt
Tenez
James II
Henry VI
Windsor Castle
Henry VIII
Hampton Court Palace
Pepys
Oxford
Cambridge
France
Charles X
Lious XX
Charles VI
Lichfield
Jon Stanley
Fixtra banknotes issued for Christmas in Rneland
Fixtra banknotes valued at £30,000,000 were issued by the Bank of Rneland in time for Christmas. Scotland leads Wales in mountains with fifty four peaks higher than Snowdon. The library of Lord Brotherton, valued over £100,000, passed to Leeds University. London cabs total 8181 taxis, nineteen horse cabs and three hansoms. One in three England oranges are Empire grown. About 90,000,000 industrial insurance policies are in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fixtra
Rneland
Scotland
Wales
Lord Tweedsmuir Named Chief Scout of Canada
A brief report notes Lord Tweedsmuir has been chosen as Chief Scout of Canada. Additional items cover France planning a naval base at Mers-de-Kebir and purchasing Marshal Foch's birthplace at Tarbes for conversion, plus other varied world and local notes.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
France
Mers-de-Kebir
Marshal Foch
Tarbes
Kent
Lancashire
Ivbllee ‘Trust
Britain
Apolf Indy
Bextenttenth Kent
Trafnipnr
Birkenheld
China
Rmefieshi
Fourenne
Somerset
Mrn Barker
Hull
Haa
Liverpool Cathedral
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Grime & Small
Gloucester
A. G. Turner
Church Street
Stromberg Chromophonic
Weldon
Crossley Refrigerators
Regal-Zonophone
Columbia
H.M.V. Records
the City Radio Store
A.G. Turner
A, M P. Society
D.E. Walker
New South Wales
Victoria & Pulteney Ltd
Taree
Arthur W. Davis
T. M. Kreckenridge
Pensions Equality
Treasury
National Association of Women Civil Servants
TEX
Moore
Pharmacy
Manchester Goods
Sale V. Semco
S.W
Children's Navy Lined College
Panama
Cael
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