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215 Cure For Paralysis. Successful experiments in curing paralysis by a simple and painless operation have been carried out in a famous London hospital. The treatment is the discovery of Dr. Ferdinand Assero a Spanish doctor of San Sebastian.
His operation was performed with a small steel rod fitted with a projecting ring. Dr. Assero made himself a second rod fitted with an electrical resistance unit for use in cases where heat is required.
"My operation is simple" he said to a pressman. "I insert the instrument in the nose and adjust it until my discovery of a sersitive spot causes the patient to swallow or shed tears.
"I then apply momentary pressure. In some rebellious cases I apply the pressure a number of times in the first treatment, and if that fails I apply heat.
Dr. Assero stated that these treatments cured rheumatism, and providing that there were no organic complications, almost immediate cure of paralysis followed.
The operations in London were carried out under the supervision of a foreign doctor resident in England. Further tests will be made before any official announcement is issued.
The “Camelious Hump". "One of my correspondents," writes W. P. Pycraft in the "Illustrated London News," wrote the other day to ask me whether the camel really does store water for his long desert journeys in his hump, or humps. There is a widespread belief that this is indeed the case. But it must share the fate of many other popular beliefs whose origins are untraceable.
The hump is really a reserve store of food, which takes the form of liquid fat, filling out a mesh work of tendinous, elastic
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