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...Terhune had published in the August issue of Reader's Digest a brief essay entitled "Beware of the Dog" which consisted mainly of advice on how to avoid being bitten. A dog which comes up with high head and loud barks, observed Mr. Terhune, does not intend to bite. If the animal approaches with head down and low growls, it probably means to bite but will frequently be too puzzled to do so if the person stands with feet together and hands on chest. That dogs are inclined to attack people who are afraid of them Author Terhune ascribes...
...bite is where your lips can reach it, suck it out thoroughly. Then bathe it in lukewarm (not hot) water and paint it with iodine. And don't worry. You are in no danger. If you are afraid the biter had rabies-which he almost never has-use the same treatment but paint the wound with carbolic acid instead of iodine...
...newshawks hustled around to see Lottie Bruhn Coy, found her working as a servant. Said she: ''Yes, I'm Mrs. Ted Coy. How on earth did you find me here? . . . I haven't any money. . . . Once I went five days in this town without a bite to eat. . . . I thank God for a sense of humor. If I didn't have it I'd have been bad off these months since Ted died...
...authentic thrills but should throw them into pleasurable fijits of suspense. After two murders with cannibalistic garnishings, it looks as if the natives are backsliding, but when Sleuth Lynch finds three dead flies under a dead man's face, he naturally dismisses that possibility. Altogether five victims bite the dust, a giant clam bites the hero, before Author Vandercook lifts the last shell, displays the elusive...
...proceeded to inoculate every Italian to land at Massawa or Mogadiscio with the vaccine he himself had discovered in British employ for prevention of typhoid, paratyphoid and cholera. Sir Aldo shipped to East Africa tons of quinine for malaria, tons of serum tubes for tetanus, gas gangrene and snake bite, and 18,000 hospital cots. He covered suspected water holes with petroleum, fumigated camps, provided good drinking water, dotted Eritrea with hospitals and laboratories. The Italian Army fought under unprecedentedly thorough medical care...