Word: diphtheria
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Isselbacher's research focuses on gastro-intestinal problems, while Pappenheimer is noted for his work in diphtheria toxin research...
...Diphtheria toxin is a bacterial protein which causes a multitude of nasty effects in man. Pappenheimer has headed a project which figured out how it does this," David M. Gill, assistant professor of Biology, said yesterday...
...meanwhile, have borrowed a leaf from Coley's book and have been trying, with some success, to awaken sleeping immune systems to combat cancer. The techniques of this approach vary widely. Some doctors still use Coley's bacterial-toxin formula; others inject vaccine made from killed mumps virus and diphtheria bacteria. Many, however, prefer a live-bacteria tuberculosis vaccine called BCG (for Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, after the Frenchmen who developed...
Died. Ted Shawn, 80, doyen of modern dance in the U.S.; of a heart attack; in Orlando, Fla. Shawn was studying for the ministry when an attack of diphtheria left his legs paralyzed. The prescribed therapy-ballet exercises-worked so well that Shawn decided to "evangelize" through dance. Though the hulking six-footer's early performances were greeted with sneers, Shawn found an ally in the late Ruth St. Denis; they were married in 1914. Together they reigned during the 1920s as the nation's top modern dance team, their repertory drawing heavily on American and ethnic themes...
Shortly afterward, her parents separated; when Eleanor was eight, her mother died of diphtheria. The child frankly hoped that at last she would see more of her adored father. What usually happened was more like the afternoon he took her and three of their fox terriers for a walk as far as the Knickerbocker Club and parked his charges with the doorman. When father had not emerged six hours later, the doorman took child and dogs home...