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...illness was diagnosed last September as acute lymphatic leukemia. Besides the usual abnormalities of white cells and bone marrow, he had a tendency to form tumor masses in the neck and armpits. He was given standard treatment with drugs that produced remission. But then came relapse. Dr. Hill finally decided to use his scant supply of L-asparaginase. In daily injections beginning Feb. 13, Frank Hayes received 213,000 units. On March 16, he developed hives and a lump in his throat, indicating an allergic reaction and suggesting to Dr. Hill that it may be best to give the drug...
Wrinkles & Chins. The bone-dry climate of North Africa, however, has preserved almost perfectly the portraits painted at Faiyum, especially those done on wood panels in encaustic (a mixture of beeswax and pigment, usually applied with a cauterium, or hot spatula). Today, these paintings tell historians most of what is known about portrait technique 1,100 years before the Renaissance. Modeling and shading were expertly done. Except that the anonymous workmen of Faiyum customarily enlarged eyes (large pupils being considered at the time a sign of beauty), classical realism was faithful in portraying hair styles, jewelry, wrinkles and occasionally double...
...while he was still in high school, Mahan was thrown by a bull, which then stepped on his jaw and broke it in five places. He has since had a face bone shattered, a rib broken and three vertebrae cracked. Last week in Phoenix, a bull threw him alongside a metal barrel in which a rodeo clown was hiding, then turned, charged, missed Mahan by a hair, but caught the barrel and butted its 300-lb. weight 6 ft. into the air. The clown was lucky to escape with only minor injuries. It was a close call for all concerned...
...Soon after his return to Washington, Humphrey slipped in the lobby of his apartment house, chipped a bone in his left wrist, will be in a cast for several weeks...
...research was a series of compromises. According to the latest FDA ruling, the only fish that may be used are hake* and related species. They must be iced as soon as caught, like all other fish for human consumption. In processing, though the whole fish is used, some bone is removed to keep the fluoride content below 100 parts per-million. The final flour of "FPC" parts (fish protein concentrate) must contain 75% protein and practically...