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After, 12 years in irons up to her waist, unable to do more than" 'swing about on crutches," Miss Bertha Johnston, of Summerhill- street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, is now showing everyone in the "National Orthopedic Some elaborate observations on Royal this method appeared in the Hospital, Grant Portland-street,| London Lancet in March and how nicely she can walk. May last year. Very remarkable "It is wonderful to be, able to results have now been obtained walk," said Miss Johnston to a by Dr. Nonno at the Hamburg- Daily Chronicle representative. Eppendorf Norvo Hospital, "Before I came to the hospital I Dr. Nonne Inoculated 322 felt utterly hopeless. I could! paralytics, many of whom were hardly move, even on crutches. In a helpless state of dementia,
"I waited six months for a with blood drawn from malaria patienty. He was able to effect vacancy here, but it was not complete cures in 30 per cent. of until I was actually a patient. and saw all the wonderful things his casos complete in the sense that were being done, that I that they could be regarded as mentally and physically normal realised there might be a chance. once again and able to follow
"I am 21, and I was afraid that their everyday vacations,
Among them were an engine I was too old to be cured, but driver, a farmor, a South African now I can walk about with a and business man, an industrial mag-stick without any pain, nate, a nowspaper proprietor, and within three weeks I hope to an organ builder. It had seemed return home and show my family as though they were doomed to what I can do." evor-darkening insanity from which death could be the only release, but they are now able to live and work as though their mental faculties had never been
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doing some business of her own, Eight hundred patients suffer- Malaria therapy has greatering from similar disabilities are the chances of succoss the earlier it waiting for admission to is applied. As paralysis of the hospital, insane can be diagnosed much
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Tho affairs of the Kiao-Tsi Railway are in a sorry sinte, writes a correspondent to the N. C Daily News. For many months most of the goods cars have been used solely for military mall transportation, only fraction of the cars nebiled for commercial purposes being avail- able. These few hundred cars,
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considerations:-
1. Further naval limitation enfeebled, will be completely should be dealt with by the naval paralyzed. Merchants, shippers Powers concerned, instead of the and the general public have been League of Nations Conference, uttering loud complaints against in which the smaller non-naval such abuses, but the nilitary
have taken little notice. States participate.
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public Засто und ference might possibly draw the Japanese United States into distinctly elsewhere along the Kiao-Tsi European disputes, in which line were initating a movement would be aligned Great Britain having as its object the rostora and Germany, in opposition to tion of the railway to Japan, whose operation of it would be in t France and the Little Entente.
3. Increased agitation for no way comparable to that of the eargor naval appropriations in the present regime. Naturally, the United States, which would road officials are not to blame, jeopardise President Coolidge's They are so many figure heads. oconomy programme, will be in- The staff includes many practical creasingly difficult to withstand and experienced railway men, unless further limitation agree-but for whom the line would ments are actually consummated have completely disintegrated
long ago.
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It is stated that President sisters will be over 70 years of MASSAGE HALL Coolidge's advisers aro urging the age. One brothor, Mr. Law of consideration of the foregoing as Rogent's Park, celebrated his equally potent, whether or not goldon wedding two years ago, tho League's Preparatory Com-while another member of the mission meets in May or is family has just achieved this. "I indefinitely postponed.
have five brothers and three Under the tontative plan sisters," writos Mro. Poarce to President Coolidge would in the The Daily Chronicle The total ammor or autumn invite the ages of the family living aggre- major Powore to attend a navel gato 630 years." The oldest and also perhaps an serial arms member of the family is now 82 conference, to assemble in Wash- and the youngest 62. They werɑ ngton in the winter or the spring all born in London, and they havo
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