Word: ears
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Professor Clark punches a tiny hole in the ear of a rabbit, similar to the holes which women used to pierce through their ears for earrings. In the hole he puts a double window. One pane is of glass or celluloid, the other of thin mica. The panes are 1/2,000 in. apart. So soon as the window is in place, the rabbit's ear begins to heal. Blood vessels, nerves, cells, all the appurtenances of living flesh work their way between the panes. When the rabbit is fastened so that the ear hole can be placed beneath...
Working with Dr. Clark on his rabbit's ear "window" has been Eleanor Linton Clark, 42, his wife. They married in 1911, when he was associate professor of anatomy at Johns Hopkins. Ever since she has been a "private investigator in anatomy" and his immediate assistant wherever he has taught-Johns Hopkins (1907-14), University of Missouri (1914-22), University of Georgia (1922-26), University of Pennsylvania (since 1926). She is one of the few women recognized by American Men of Science. The Clarks are one of the very few couples who jointly have attained scientific eminence. Another such...
Anyone may guess what happens when the acid of Mr. Babbitt's mind meets the syrup of romanticism. In the history of the romantic movement in the nineteenth century there is plenty of the emotional overtone which grates so harshly on Mr. Babbitt's ear. He goes after it with all his guns. His methods are simple. Beginning with Jean Jacques Rousseau, his arch-enemy, who he appears to believe is responsible for everything that has happened in the last century except the breaking of the halyard on Shamrock V, he makes all the romanticists ridiculous. This is very easy...
...looking for the Ogopogo The funny little Ogopogo- His mother was an ear wig His father was a whale- I want to put a little bit of salt on his tail...
...statue dedication, the main preoccupation of the convention. The association wants employers to realize that the deaf can work at every occupation except aviation. Their handicap in flying results, not from their inability to hear, but from deficiency of the organ of balance in the inner ear. President Arthur L. Roberts declared that not one insurance company discriminates against the deaf, that employers have found that accidents are rare among deaf workers because they are exceptionally careful. A recent Pennsylvania check-up of motorists revealed deaf drivers are best. Only Ohio, North Carolina and Minnesota have public employment bureaus...