Overdoses Of Bromide Medicines May Mirror Mental Illness
Dr. John A. Ewing and Dr. W. J. Grant report at the Southern Medical Association meeting that overdoses of medicines containing bromides can imitate mental illness. The bromide drugs, sold without prescription, can cause drowsiness sleepiness mood swings and extreme behavior. blood tests may be needed to distinguish them from true psychiatric illness.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
John A. Ewing
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
W. J. Grant
UNC
Winston-Salem
Southern Medical Association
New Orleans
Description of the Kangaroo by Captain Cook in 1773
The kangaroo was first described by Captain James Cook in 1773 after sighting them in what is now North Queensland Australia per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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James Cook
Queensland
Australia
Today in History highlight for December 16, 1963
AP recap notes key events on this date including the 1901 Hay Pauncefote Treaty ratification defining US Britain relations over the Panama Canal and the 1631 Mount Vesuvius eruption in Italy that killed 18 000 people.
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Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Mount Vesuvius
Italy
Cobb Novel to Come Out Next Year
Morganton lumber dealer and ex state Republican chair William E. Cobb announces a novel An Inch of Snow about a businessman politician whose 1960 governor bid is marred by a pre election sex scandal. He says the work is not autobiographical and a Feb 1 release is targeted.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
William E. Cobb
Morganton
Cobb
Civil Rights Rally At Beargrass Tied To Bill Of Rights Day
A civil rights rally drew about 100 Negroes and 21 whites to the voice of America transmitter near Beargrass North Carolina. Speakers urged protest on government property and linked the event to Williamston area anti segregation activism. Organizers included SCLC NAACP and CORE.
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Beargrass
N.C
North Carolina
Voice of America
Martin County
Williamston
U.S. Information Agency
America
The
National Council of Churches
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Things Columnist Learns Opening Mail
HAL BOYLE notes quirky items from mail and trivia. Statistics cover crime, albatross feeding, racehorse ownership, and a Santa Fe penitentiary golf course while quotes and folklore add humor and oddities.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
New Mexico Penitentiary
Santa Fe
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