Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1909 — DOCTORS STUDY IN CLOUDS [ARTICLE]

DOCTORS STUDY IN CLOUDS

Up In a Balloon to Observe Effect of Altitude on Heart. Philadelphia, Nov. 9.—The balloon, Franklin with its basket containing five physicians passed over Philadelphia from Point Breeze. In the sky the men of medicine studied the effect of altitude on the heart.

Medals For Twenty-One Aviators.

Paris, Nov. 9. —The Academy of Sciences has awarded gold medals to twenty-one aviators, including Bleriot, Farman, Santos Dumont, Voisin, Orville and Wilbur Wright and Count Zeppelin.