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P. H. Futcher '32, chairman of the Winthrop House Committee, gave an illustrated talk last night in the Senior Common Room on "Giants, Dwarfs, and the Pituitary Gland." Some of the famous freaks of human development were described, including Jeffery Hudson, a court jester in the time of Charles First, who although only 18 inches tall killed an opponent in a duel and lived to the age of 63; and the Russian giant Machnow, who attained the height of nine feet, three inches. Slides were shown explaining the experimental gigantism produced in rats by the injection of pituitary gland extracts.
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