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P: First Lieut. Fae Margaret Adams, 34, a slight, soft-spoken brunette with a modest air, invaded a male stronghold: she became the first woman doctor to be commissioned in the Regular Army. An ex-WAC who got her M.D. under G.I. rights, she plans to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology.

P: Surgeons at the University of Illinois' Neuropsychiatric Institute finished the job of enclosing Rodney Dee Brodie's brain with skin flaps, in his fifth operation since he was separated from his Siamese twin, Roger (TIME, Dec. 29). Rodney rallied well, is expected soon to begin crawling around like a normal baby, though it will be months before he gets a hard top for his skull.

P: The chill that runs up & down the back when sentiment is deeply stirred is "a vestigial reaction" dating back to hairy ancestors, the A.M.A. Journal told a questioning New Jersey doctor. A more primitive response is seen when the hair stands on end, but the tingle up the back, says the Journal, is the same sort of thing.

P: A symptom of the atomic age, the $4,200,000 Argonne Cancer Research Hospital was opened in Chicago. Built with AEC funds, it will use all kinds of radiation, including giant X-ray machines and radioisotopes such as cobalt-60, to study cancer. Of its eight floors, two are below ground, only two are for patients (56 beds). Every employee must wear a badge that registers exposure to radiation.

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