THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXVII
JUNE, 1909
NO. 6
DR. HERMANN G. KLOTZ, New York.
PHYLLIS B., came first under my observation on April twenty-seventh, 1906. . . . She was brought up on Borden's sweetened condensed milk.
J Cutan Dis.1909;27(6):238-241.
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Editor's Comment
Gail Borden Jr was born on November 9, 1801. After his only formal schooling, about 1
years' worth, he found work as a teacher (!). He joined the county militia and rose to the rank of captain. Gail moved to Texas in 1829 where he did a little ranching, a little farming, and a little surveying. He became active in the nascent Texas independence movement, was a delegate to the second Texas convention, and coauthored the first Texas state constitution. Gail compiled the first topographic map of Texas and was on the committee that drafted the proclamation . . . [Full Text of this Article]