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NATURAL MEDICINES EXPLORED IN SLU TALK

CANTON -- "Living Longer and Healthier with Natural Medicines 
from the Amazon Rainforest and Caribbean Coral Reefs" is the 
topic of the Alfred Romer Lecture, to be given on Tuesday, 
April 18, at 8 p.m. in Hepburn Auditorium at St. Lawrence University 
by Eloy Rodriguez. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	Rodriguez is the James A. Perkins professor of biology at 
Cornell University. He has studied hidden Amazonian tribes that use 
a variety of medicines from ants, birds and scorpions to deal with 
malaria and other tropical diseases. He will discuss this work in the 
presentation, along with the importance of conservation and preservation 
of a unique species that contain genes beneficial in food and medicine 
production.
	The Romer Lecture was established to honor Physics Professor 
Emeritus Alfred Romer, who had been associated with St. Lawrence for 
over 50 years.

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