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Adair was the first human subject so treated for barbiturate poisoning. Punching a hole through the muscle wall of his abdomen 2 in. below the navel, doctors inserted a plastic tube in his peritoneal cavity and hooked this up with a quart flask containing mineral salts in the same concentration as they occur in the blood, plus antibiotics to check infection. The solution drained into the peritoneal cavity. There it picked up some of the barbiturates by osmosis through the peritoneum. The doctors then drained the fluid, now mixed with barbiturates, back into the flask. They repeated the process with...
When the Class of 1931 entered Harvard for its freshman year, times were going well for the College and the country. The hip flask was the byword of the day, Babe Ruth was just about to hit his 60th home run, and the gentleman 'C' was easier than ever to get. Four years later, things were different. There were apple carts on Fifth Avenue, obnoxious structures known as "houses" for upperclassmen to live in, and the Democrats had begun to show designs on the White House. But few could imagine--or cared about--such things in the future...
...typical "old grad" of American folklore, with his hip flask in the fall, his straw hat and banner in the spring, and his instantaneous reversion to puerility any time that he sets foot back on the campus, has disappeared. He has gone the way of maid service in the Harvard Houses...
...That was great," said someone. "I liked the ending best," said someone else. Schulberg smiled again, and reached for the flask...
...smile disappeared, however, when be found the flask empty. "Hell, Budd, we've got some back at the Inn," said the movie producer at this point. "Let's get out of here...