Abstract
ALTHOUGH the English summer has long been a favorite topic for music-hall jokes, we are usually spared the violent extremes of weather that often cause tragic loss of life and property in other countries. This summer, however, has provided long hours of sunshine occasionally broken by violent thunderstorms. One of the most dramatic of these occurred during the Royal Ascot Race meeting, when lightning struck the spectators' enclosure. Two persons were killed, but more than 40 were admitted to a hospital with all the known manifestations of lightning injury: feather burns, flash burns, concussion, perforated eardrums and cataract formation were . . .
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