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P:Two hundred years after Scottish Physician James Lind published A Treatise of the Scurvy, proving that citrus juices would protect sailors, world-famed nutritionists gathered in Edinburgh at the unveiling of a plaque in his memory. Lind died 137 years before the secret of his triumph was found in vitamin C. The thrifty Scots never did much to honor him: his plaque was by courtesy of Sunkist.

P:Margaret and Mary Gibb, 41-year-old twins joined at the base of the spine, both had to be anesthetized at Boston's New England Deaconess Hospital for famed Surgeon Frank Lahey to remove a fibrous tumor from Margaret's abdomen. After the two-hour operation, both sisters were reported doing fine.

P:Adults are worse than children in the dentist's chair, said Dentist Ralph L. Ireland of Lincoln, Neb. His summation: "I operate on the premise that if you treat the child like an adult, and the adult like a child, you get along better with both."

P:Because some of his constituents who wear elastic galluses and garters have broken out in a rash, Congressman James C. Davis of Georgia has introduced a bill to require users of synthetic rubber in girdles, garters and the like to say so clearly on the label. Most manufacturers say they use natural rubber anyhow.

P:In 23 years as a desert surgeon, Dr. Clarence G. Salsbury saw only 66 cases of cancer among Arizona's Navajos, with not a single breast cancer among the women. To pin down the difference between cancer rates among Navajos and the surrounding whites, Arizona and the U.S. Public Health Service are launching an intensive survey. Then they will try to find out what causes the difference.

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