Murder on Wheels

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(Medical science has recently reported success in the treatment of diffuse scleroderma, an uncommon though tragic condition characterized by the hardening and an expressionless rigidity of the skin. Results have been achieved by operation on the somewhat mysterious parathyroid gland, though such treatment is not inerrant. However, marked progress has been discovered in the practice of chemotherapy — the use of medicines of chemical compounds — and the prescription of scientific diet, and promising claims have been advanced in their meritable effect on this condition. It is also possible that an electrical shock to the nerves controlling the facile muscles would have a similar effect.)