Milklike tree juices across colonies and islands
A description of trees producing milklike fluids in British Guiana and the West Indies. The hya hua near the Demerara yields a harmless bark and pith juice used like milk. Similar milky fluids come from the kiriaghuma of Ceylon and the massenodendron in Para, with some juices souring when exposed to air.
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British Guiana
West Indies
Demerara
Para
Aragua
Canagua
Canary Islands
Dream of Amputated Limbs Insights From Surgeon’s Notes
London surgeon Dr Edred M Corner reports observations on phantom limb dreams in amputees for The Practitioner. He notes phantom sensations are common in older patients and fade over eight months to a year, worsened by ill fitting artificial limbs and weather changes, with pain linked to nerves and near the stump.
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Edred M. Corner
London
Batting Insectivores Help City Mosquito Control
Urban planners in San Antonio erect bat roosts and similar bird house like structures to attract bats as a natural Mosquito check. Jamaica relies on old church buildings and dark recesses that host large bat colonies. Bats emerge at dusk in streams of hundreds.
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United States
San Antonio
Texas
Jamaica
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