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Gangrene results from blood clots blocking circulation. Dr. Wirtschafter, taking his cue from a colleague's experiment, had first tried attacking gangrene with intravenous injections of ether. It seemed to work in some cases. Why? Probably because ether makes the blood vessels sensitive to histamine, a body chemical which improves blood first by dilating the blood vessels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Chief Said: Miracle | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...rallied to the Lilienthal cause. A Washington Post poll found 68% of the nation's Republican press pro-Lilienthal, only 14% anti. Atomic Trail-Blazer Albert Einstein urged confirmation. M.I.T.'s Dr. Karl Compton warned that many atomic scientists might take Lilienthal's defeat as the cue to pull out of the vast atomic projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: By Their Words | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

...playwright's present towering achievement as a dramatic craftsman and above all as a poet . . . full of sentiment, music and meaning, warmth of human observation and comment, and vast sorrowfulness." Bud Kissel of the Columbus Citizen disputed: "A competent cast that never muffed a line nor missed a cue wasted their talents on an unimportant play." But Mary McGavran of the Ohio State Journal called the play "beautiful in its very ugliness." And William F. McDermott of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote: "A harsh, powerful play ... It contains some of the best and most touching writing of the greatest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Moon in Columbus | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Taking the cue, Jerry Gorman and Forbes Norris led the one Green entrant in the 440-yard freestyle to put the Crimson out in front for the last time

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Dartmouth Hammers Sextet 15 to 4, Dunks Swimmers, Topples On Mats | 2/27/1947 | See Source »

...conductor's job is to make harmony. He plays the most complicated musical instrument conceivable-a symphony orchestra. When he plays well, he has only to raise his hand, or nod his head, and strings bow in unison, brasses, flutes and kettledrums come in on cue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Master Builder | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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