Capsules

P:As therapy for convalescing housewives, the municipal hospital at Durham, England has built a modern kitchen, specially fitted to accommodate crippled patients. Hospital authorities have found that working in the kitchen keeps a woman's mind off her illness and helps get long-idle muscles back in shape.

P:Standard dusting powders containing less than 5% boric acid can be safely used for babies. So reported two Manhattan pediatricians, Alfred J. Vignec and Rose Ellis. The much-publicized infant deaths due to boric acid, they added, have largely resulted from the misuse of solutions with a high boric acid content, often swallowed by newborn infants. Their recommendation: undiluted, powdered boric acid should not be dispensed freely over drug counters.

P:Skid Row floaters are a primary source of tuberculosis infection, reported the A.M.A. Journal. An eleven-month survey of transients at the Minneapolis Salvation Army Men's Social Service Center revealed a TB rate 55 times greater than the city average. Fatigue, crowded sleeping quarters (in fleabag hotels and charitable institutions), and uncleanliness help make the hoboes TB-prone. Moreover by taking temporary jobs as cooks' helpers and dishwashers, they spread the disease.

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