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These were mild eulogies, spoken by men who might not now be alive, were it not for the sanitary, antiseptic methods which Lister taught the midwives of his time. Many men have forgotten Joseph Lister's work in antisepsis. Few now know the meaning of "to listerize" and of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Joseph Lister | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

*";bastard metal" element, brittle, reddish white, mined in the free state in Saxony, Bohemia, Cornwall. Bolivia. Its best known use is as bismuth subnitrate, a therapeutic for dyspepsia and diarrhea. Taken internally with water the white powder slowly forms nitric acid, a powerful antiseptic. Its physical properties make it astringent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bismuth | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

"They were sane and dull people, these Washingtons, and excessively normal. Men of this type, in all ages of history, have presented an opaque surface to the fresh thought of their time. They are conservative by instinct. But their vitality .is tough and deeply rooted, and their stolidity is antiseptic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Washington | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

Do not be mistaken in judging the sentimental appeal the old Waldorf still has for many undergraduates. Its fame is spread widely, already the no' Grious film. "Brown of Harvard" has given it the doubtful compliment of naming it as a Harvard rendezvous and there are others. It is often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sic Transit. | 10/15/1926 | See Source »

"Cancers of the lip, mouth, tongue and tonsil are due mainly to broken or sharp-edged and uneven teeth or to tobacco. Gastric cancer is generally traced to abuse of the stomach. Early and abrupt weaning is a frequent cause of mammary cancer. Altogether, these and other cancers are the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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