Word: extract
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alexander developed her serum in 1938. It is made by injecting rabbits with Hemophilus Infiuenzae (bacteria responsible for the disease), then making an extract of the rabbit's blood...
...Dicumarol in pure form and then to synthesize it. They found that in the body it makes salicylic acid. Another anticoagulant, heparin, was already on the market. It is also used to keep donors' blood fluid until it can be processed. But it is an expensive extract of ox lung and liver, must be given by injection, and is hard to control. Therefore surgeons (who worry lest a fatal clot undo their work) took up Dicumarol...
...over again. So after my work I came home, came in the door and they congratulated me and said, 'You've got twins.' I almost collapsed. Well, those twins were born and cost a lot of money. They were anemic and I had to buy liver extract No. 65 which would cost me $365 a bottle. They had to have one bottle a week between the two. In other words, every week I had to buy a bottle of this medicine...
...Best animal for serum experiments is the rabbit. Serum for the purpose is made by inoculating rams with rabbit spleen and marrow cells, making an extract from their blood...
...usually made by injecting horses with cells from the spleens and bone marrow (bloodmaking tissues) of human corpses, preferably young, healthy people who died by accident. The final product is an extract of the horses' blood...