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¶A tight-fitting pressure suit made of elastic cotton-rayon knit material has been developed at Duke University for victims of low blood pressure who are in danger of keeling over when they get out of bed or stand up. It keeps blood from pooling in the abdomen and...
This writer, then a teenager, well remembers his residence and travels in Germany at that time, and how he had to resort to extreme measures to wear as a subtle flattery to the Germans the Schnurrbart, made so popular by the Kaiser. Each and every night at bedtime, one soaked...
Pointing out that metabolic changes due to aging as well as localized inflammations, e.g., syphilis and TB, play a minor role, Blumenthal evolved his thesis through an intensive study of hemodynamics-the mechanics of blood flow and pressure within arterial walls. Cholesterol is carried evenly through the body with the...
There were 22 pages of buggies in the 1896 book, none in 1933; the famous Covered Wagon went thataway permanently after the 1923 catalogue. "Radio apparatus" made its debut in 1919 under "Telegraph instruments." Silk stockings showed up in the 1912 catalogue for the first time, with the warning: "Treat...
As the fall selling season opened this week, the biggest news among retailers is s-t-r-e-t-c-h yarn, a yarn about as elastic as rubber. Tried out for men's socks with hardly a whisper of publicity three years ago, and even opposed by many...