His younger brother was born dumb, and communicated with sign language.

From G. R. Ratts , Game Warden , fines collected on conviction of violation of State game law .

He had a bad case of gastro, but came right as rain the next day.

The evidence says that enormous numbers of children who live in households in high-crime neighborhoods are experiencing the psychological equivalent of battlefield conditions.…Studies show that many children who live under these conditions, 30 percent or more, are developing post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, similar to what we used to call “shell shock” in soldiers returning from war.