Gently washing the blisters with soap and water may also help to prevent the spread of the outbreak. 1  Wash your hands frequently, and try to avoid touching the sore. 2  If you touch the cold sore, you can then spread it to other people or to other places on your own body, such as the eyes and genitals.
Lew Alcindor was born to Cora Lillian and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr; at birth, he weighed 12 pounds, 11 ounces and was 22 Â½ inches long. At the age of 9, Alcindor stood 5-feet-8. By the eighth grade, Alcindor stood 6-feet-8 and was dunking. Alcindor attended Power Memorial Academy, an all-boys Catholic high school in Manhattan.
He was taller than his father by the age of 8, and in elementary school they had to make a special desk for him due to his size. By the time he had graduated from Alton High School in 1936, he was 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m). After graduating he enrolled in Shurtleff College with the intention of studying law.