Word: eating
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...septicemia. It gives out a very strong toxin, which the kidneys eliminate wth frequent damage to themselves. The germ induces in the lungs, in lobar pneumonia especially, a copious exudation of protective serum. Then come the polymorphonuclear (of many-shaped nuclei) leucocytes, which surround the invading germs and eat them (phagocytosis...
...State Board of Health the influence of the mysterious Vitamin X which they now have renamed E. This vitamin stimulates reproduction in animals, prevents sterility. It is a complex organic compound, like the four other known vitamins,* and occurs in lettuce, wheat germs, alfalfa and egg yolk. Because humans eat largely of these foods, the discovery has little bearing on their habits...
...somewhat insignificant appearance forced him to assume a stern expression in public. When asked to smile by photographers, he invariably snapped: "I cannot smile, because there is nothing to smile at." A frugal man, he said: "Western people eat too much. One of their meals would last me a week...
...much as Lady Londonderry's guests, politely or no, insist that "there was scarcely anything to be had except lemonade and sandwiches" and that "you were extremely fortunate if you got anywhere near the buffet". These laments incontrovertibly reveal the bitter truth that there was not even enough to eat...
...Mercier is 74 years old. He is Archbishop of Malines and Primate of Belgium. He likes to be active and there is always work to be found, if it is only the restoration of the library at Louvain University or a general critique of metaphysics. And unless one can eat a plenty, keep well nourished, one cannot keep active for long at a time...