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"In 1912," says Dr. Young, "a big, burly man with a huge head and a strong face appeared at my office . . . diamonds sparkled from his vest, watch chain, cuff links, and the head of his cane." He was James Buchanan ("Diamond Jim") Brady. Among his imposing list of ailments: "Bright...
Testicles consist of two types of tissue, seminal tubules, which produce spermatozoa, and interstitial cells, lying between the tubules. The interstitial cells produce sex hormones which tone up the whole body, stimulate masculine characteristics. Both types of tissue, according to Steinach, nourish at the expense of the other. Hence he...
Farley on Agriculture wanted more "basic research" (i.e., new inventions), to absorb more agricultural workers: "In the decade just preceding the high days of 1929 seventeen million young people between 15 and 30 years of age left the farms and found employment in the towns. But for the past ten...
Young surgeons, say Drs. Cutler and Zollinger, may not recognize the dangers in disturbing the mosaic of living cells, because they are usually taught anatomy and pathology on "tough, dead, chemically fixed tissues." Older surgeons may be "irked by the constant emphasis on gentleness." But each cell in an operation...
Three years ago, the Interior Department began to trap beavers, turn them loose in eroded Idaho areas. By the end of last season, some 500 beavers were busily damming streams under Government supervision, by the end of this year more than 1,000 may be at work.