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...notably man), sperm is protected by a special cooling system in the scrotum which keeps it at 2 to 15° below normal body temperature. Experimenters have caused temporary sterility in dogs, rabbits, cats and bulls by artificially heating their testes; Australian sheep breeders recently reported that a sterile breed of rams became fertile when a thick growth of wool on their testicles was sheared...
...great and lasting contributions to the science of medicine. In his office in Danville, Ky., Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed the first operation for ovarian tumor on a brave, unanesthetized woman who lived 31 years thereafter. In Mackinac, Mich., peering through a hole in the stomach wall of a half-breed Indian named Alexis St. Martin, Dr. William Beaumont made his momentous discoveries about the action of the gastric juices...
...text of the statement, entitled "Human Nature and the Peace" is prefaced by the following remarks: "Humanity's demand for lasting peace leads us, as students of human nature, to assert ten pertinent and basic principles which should be considered in planning the peace. Neglect of them may breed new wars, no matter how well-intentioned our political leaders...
...against reparations to the extent imposed at Versailles because he was sure Germany could never pay and that the economic burden would breed another war. By Washington account, Elder Statesman Baruch will join this time in the proposition that if reparations are heavy enough, Germany will never be able to go to war again...
...biologists at Uncle Sam's Fish College think the plan will work for virtually all the Columbia's estimated 240,000 Chinooks-though it may result in a punier breed of fish. But oldtime fishermen are skeptical. Said Forest Ranger Grady Miller, gazing moodily at a Wallowa Lake dam that has completely destroyed a once-great salmon fishing ground: "Civilization and salmon...