Near miracle in burn recovery for Grace Brown
Grace Brown of O'Fallon Missouri survived burns covering 75 percent of her body after a classroom incident. Dr. William Monaro, head of St. Johns Mercy Hospital burn unit, notes advances allow survival with rapid treatment and expert care despite long road to normal life.
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Grace
William W. Monaro
St. Johns Mercy Hospital
St. Louis County
Monaro
Burn Victims Treated With Concentrated Sodium Solution
Dr. Monaro describes a burn shock treatment using concentrated sodium injections to reduce fluid loss, supported by Dr. Charles L. Fox. He notes this avoids fluid overload and is cheaper than plasma, while emphasizing the ongoing need for wound sterilization and a full care-team approach.
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Charles L. Fox
Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York
A Witty Closet Swap In Erma Bombeck Style
In Erma Bombeck’s comical reminiscence a wife discovers her husband’s deeply archived closet. A purge reveals decades of outfits from Hoover era to modern day, prompting a tense moment before the Salvation Army truck returns with the rejected wardrobe.
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Hoover Administration
Hans Brinker
the Salvation
Mary Riseling Receives Dianna Award for Civic Service
Mary Riseling of Murphysboro receives the Beta Psi Chapter Ep silon Sigma International Dianna Award for decades of service to St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Lay Advisory Board Band Parents Carruthers Junior High School Lincoln School PTA American Legion Auxiliary and Marion V A Hospital. A 38 year beautician she helped Jackson County Nursing Home workers and led Girl and Boy Scout activities. Randolph County Nursing Home Auxiliary plans a 1 30 p m summer party with the Risdon Kitchen Band from Marissa.
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Beta Psi Chapter
Epsilon Sigma International
Mary Riseling
Murphysboro
Riseling
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Marion V.A. Hospital
Jackson County Nursing Home
First Presbyterian Church
Spiders and spider bites explained by Dr. Lamb
Dr. Lamb reviews common venom in spiders noting most bites are minor. Black widows and gray widows cause more severe symptoms with abdominal pain and sweating. brown recluse bites may occur in homes and around furniture in southern Illinois.
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Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D. Nea
DR. Lamb
Man
Ilnois
America
Illinois
Methuselah Tree Still Living Near Bishop California
The bristlecone pine named Methuselah, 4,600 years old, remains alive and thriving about 12 miles east of Bishop California, cited as Earth's oldest known living organism in Rand McNally's National Forest Guide.
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Bishop
Calif
Methuselah
Here
Rand MccNally
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