Leprosy comes to light in a seafarer’s life tale
Jack Cammack, a longshoreman with a strong memory of wartime sights, recalls discovering a numb hand and a leg spot that led to a leprosy diagnosis in 1964. The piece contrasts historic fears with modern care at Carville and explains sulfone therapy as the current standard in a concise profile of the disease and its treatment.
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Grace Line
New York City
Jack Cammack
Aeaman
Cammack
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Carville
Medical men and the public face leprosy ignorance
A 1920s style feature discusses leprosy diagnosis and transmission, noting the disease’s secrecy and public fear. It recalls Hansen’s bacillus, nonculturing challenges, and the case of Jack Cammack at Carville, illustrating genetics, susceptibility, and modern treatment reducing deformities.
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Trautman
United States
Roy Pfaltzgraf
Carville
Mont Blanc Tunnel to Link France and Italy Opens July
The Mont Blanc Motor Tunnel, a 6 year project linking France and Italy, will open in July to handle peak summer traffic. The 10 minute, 72 mile route cuts travel time and distance between Italian and French cities, adding an all-weather Alpine passage. Technicians have solved ventilation issues in the 11,400 foot deep tunnel beneath Mont Blanc.
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Mont Blanc
France
Italy
Europe
Mont Blanc Motor Tunnel
All
Wishing Well Ventilated Alpine Tunnel Under Way
U S patent office reports powerful ventilating stations will push fresh air into a tunnel from Courmayeur Italy and Chamonix France while pulling out fumes. Opening planned for July. Construction began with Mont Blanc work in 1959 and 1952 completion. Eight deaths and many injuries occurred during progress.
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Courmayeur
Italy
Chamonix
Mont Bane
Pleasant daily fortune puzzle game from 1908
A short feature explains a numerical name game to spell a fortune. Count letters in your first name, adjust by rules to get a key number, then read a hidden message from a rectangular grid by checking those positions. Copyright 1908 by William Muller. distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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William 2. Muller
King Features
Syndicais
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Cape Verde Islands
Bellevue Hospital
America
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Dr. Cochrane
New York
Jim McCullough
US Public Health Service
Continental United States
McCullough
John Ro Trautman
U S Public Health Service
Louisiana
G. Armauer Hansen
Philippines
India
Kentucky
Clarmayeur
Alps
Ern
St. Bernard
U. S
Aosta Valley
Turin
Milan
Middletown
Bill
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