Polio Skin Test and Diphtheria History by Dr Schick
The article notes Dr Bela Schick and his 1913 diphtheria skin test as a milestone, while comparing it to polio susceptibility tests and the slow, contested path to polio vaccines. It details early diphtheria research, von Behring’s toxin antitoxin, and the later 1924 Pasteur Institute work that made mass immunization feasible.
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Dr Schick
Salk
Schick
Bela
Kay-la
Frederick Loeffler
Emil von Behring
von Behring
G Ramon
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Gems of Thought on Freedom and Liberty
A compilation of quotes on freedom, liberty, and human potential from figures like Mary Baker Eddy Theodore Parker anonymous Charles Malik Goethe and Wilkie. The selections urge emancipation from enslavement of the mind and the duty to uphold standards and liberty for all.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Goethe
Wendel
Wilkie
Answers to Quick Quiz Five Facts
Answers to Quick Quiz Five cover ranges and figures: about nine million dollars weekly. BC is among options. yearly tax and wage shares in 1954 show wages 23.5 cents of manufacturing, taxes 7.7 cents, profits 5.2 cents with 2.8 retained. compiled by Quick Canadian Facts editors.
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British Columbia
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
New vacuum pack method widens cornea eye replacements
Army researchers report a vacuum packed glycerin method to preserve donor corneas for months, preserving clarity after transplantation in cat studies. The approach aims to reduce storage damage and donor shortages for corneal transplants.
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Archives of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
Health League of Canada
Joel N. McNair
J. H. King
Army
Helpful Hints For Kitchen And Home Remedies
A set of household tips covers cooking caramels with a large butter addition after browning sugar, reviving droopy plants in a home hothouse, using bathroom steam for sore muscles, and removing meat from a can by heating the sealed can in boiling water before opening.
Honey Processing Equipment Tested at Ottawa Experiment Farm
Two honey processing systems were tested at the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa since 1952. A plate type modified from milk pasteurization gear handles high density honey at 100 psi and 15 percent moisture, with 300 to 2,800 lb hr capacity. A tubular type uses water baths and copper tubing with heat and cooling units, powered by steam or electricity, delivering 360 to 2,000 lb hr.
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Apiculture Division
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Adventurous Saskatchewan girl becomes northern tower operator
Joan, a Lake Saskatchewan native now stationed at Lac la Ronge east shore, is the province's third female tower operator and the first this far north. She scales 80 feet daily, oversees a vast forest area, and helped halt a fire 35 miles east last June 2. She plans flying lessons after her September tour ends.
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Lac la Ronge
Spirit of Adventure
Joan
Saskatchewan
Lake
la Ronge
Studer
Prince Albert
la Ronge Tower
Berna
Britannic to undertakes seventh Mediterranean cruise in 1956
Cunard announces the luxury liner Britannic will embark on a 66 day winter cruise from New York on January 27, visiting 23 ports in 20 countries. The itinerary includes Funchal Casablanca Tangier Valletta Alexandria Haifa Larnaca Rhodes Istanbul and Venice with extended tours possible.
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Montreal
Cunard
Britannic
New York
Funchal
Madeira
Casablanca
Tangier
Valletta
Malta
Alexandria
Haifa
Larnaca
Cyprus
Rhodes
Istanbul
Bosporus
Kecilik Koyu
Dardanelles
Athens
Dubrovnik
Venice
Messina
Naples
Villefranche
Barcelona
Palma
Majorca
Algiers
Malaga
Gibraltar
Lisbon
Cherbourg
Southampton
Britain
American Express
British youth tour and Commonwealth science talks
The week in Britain reports that 40 Birmingham Bradford Glasgow and London schoolboys will join a seventh Canada tour under W H Rhodes trusts to broaden views of Canada. Four royal charges depart for Bowring Park Newfoundland. Twenty three British Sea Cadets tour Canada with the Navy League. Canadian delegates lead a Commonwealth agricultural review in London with 50 delegates touring key centres. Sir Harry Raling says UK nuclear power could meet eight to 11 percent of demand with about 100 British firms involved.
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Birmingham
Bradford
Glasgow
London
Britain
Canada
W. H. Rhodes
Dominion
St. John's
Newfoundland
Frederick Turk
Queen's
Bowring Park
Sir Edgar Rennie Bowring
Navy League of Canada
Navy League
Sea Cadets of
The
Commonwealth
H. L. Trueman
B.S.A
Canada Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
U.K
Harry Railing
Radio controlled lawnmowers planned for London Airport use
Six large tractor drawn mowers, each cutting a 16 foot swath, will be fitted with two way radio to manage 1100 acres of grass at London Airport as 400 aircraft arrive daily. Foremen will direct via mobile van before high frequency sets allow mower operators to receive warnings through headsets. The makers claim wireless operation reduces accident risk while mowers run at six mph.
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London
Quick Canadian Quiz Question Pack
A concise quiz asks which province leads lumber production and breaks down Canadian manufacturing sales into materials wages taxes and profits. It asks legal session frequency, immigration totals for 1954 versus 1953, and weekly interest costs on the federal debt. Answers appear in another column.
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Canada
Rat Surpasses Mammal Lifespan Without Water
A rat demonstrates remarkable drought tolerance by surviving longer without water than any other mammal. Researchers note its efficiency in conserving water and producing metabolic water to sustain biological functions during extended dehydration.
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Richmond
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Teo
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