Word: fluid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cannot be, a substitute for whole blood, because it contains living cells. And whole blood is best for the wounded and for most victims of shock. But whole blood cannot be stored more than three weeks and cannot be given on the battlefield, so doctors use plasma (the blood fluid from which the cells have been removed) for first aid. Plasma will keep for years. As an emergency treatment for shock, doctors use plasma "extenders" such as salt solution, gelatine or Dextran. None of these contains the complex chemicals found in plasma, and none would be used if there were...
Members of his staff are presently studying poisons. At one time it was difficult to detect poison in the system of a dead body, and once detected, to prove it did not come from the embalming fluid...
...When arsenical embalming fluids were legal in this state," Dr. Ford says, "there was no way to prove poisoning. Even today, there are traces of impurities in embalming fluids. The only way to be sure is to find the embalmer, discover what type of fluid he used, where he bought it, when, who made it, and then check the company's laboratory reports for that batch to see what impurities it contained...
Some informed guessers think that the reactor could not transfer enough heat to streams of air blowing through it. One way around this would be to use a molten metal in the reactor instead of air. This "working fluid" would carry energy to one or more jet engines, heating their air blast by a sort of high temperature radiator. The molten metal would not be as fiercely radioactive as the reactor itself, so it should be easier to handle...
...know what I'm going to do or where I'm going to be. But if you hear anybody say I'm going to sit on a front porch, you'd better call the nearest undertaker and tell him to stock up on embalming fluid. He's going to need...