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...Payrau has also had some success with calf corneas, though they usually do not retain so much transparency as those of dogs. But his most exotic source of supply is a species of small shark, the lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus caniculus). Its cornea has the advantage of not swelling in water, which made it attractive to Dr. Payrau for patients whose eyes leak fluid, though it is thin and fragile and retains only moderate transparency...
...level is high in such a woman, she should be advised to have no more children. For a double check in suspected carrier cases, Dr. Emery recommended a more elaborate test for measuring another enzyme, LDH-5, and checking the cells in a pinch of tissue taken from the calf muscle. If the LDH-5 level and the cells are abnormal, the pinch should clinch...
...years developed the new form from the work songs of slave days. The recording includes singers like Sleepy John Estes, Bukka White, Peg Leg Howell, Ham Gravy, and Kokomo Arnold (with his wild falsetto). Not all the songs are as rural as Skip Jones's Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues...
...intelligent people, thought to be distantly related to the Indonesians, the Nagas are avid for education, skilled at terrace farming, and use dogs for eating as well as hunting. Naga men, like Americans, always turn to look at the back of a girl's leg-a well-shaped calf is the epitome of beauty in Nagaland...
Chairman of the nominating committee will be Nancy Chodorow '65, of Warner House and Menio Park, Calf. L. Ann Cameron '65, of Comstock Hall and Rice Lake, Wisc., and Patricia W. McCulloch '65, of Edmands House and Miami Beach, will serve as NSA delegated...