Word: fractionation
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...serum is almost as dangerous as the rabbit-brain product. Now, said Dr. Tierkel, veterinarians and others who have had a full course of vaccinations are being asked to take a booster shot of duck-egg vaccine. A month later, they donate a pint of blood. The gamma globulin fraction from the serum in these blood samples is rich in rabies antibody, and because it is from human serunr it should cause no bad reactions...
...physician, using his long, specialized experience in reading ECGs, can interpret the squiggled paper from the nurse's Cardioview if an abnormality is suspected. The computer, with its electronic brain, interprets the impulse scale in a fraction of a second, and it does this superhuman job accurately enough to show instantly whether there is any ECG abnormality...
...decided to crossbreed the two styles. His runners hold their hands palm down, in the classic American style, but the incoming runner slaps the baton upward into his teammate's palm, alerting him just before the pass by shouting "Hey!" In the 440-yd. relay, where even a fraction of a second is important, Williams staggers the passing points so that Stebbins and Ragsdale, the two fastest men, get to run 10 yds. farther than Meadows and Owens...
...woman who is pregnant, or thinks she may be, is exposed to German measles, she should get a shot of gamma globulin. Many state and city health departments offer it free in such cases. The precious blood fraction is now in such demand that some states are rationing their supply, limiting it to women who know they are pregnant...
...northeastern corner of India last week, 300 people died in Hindu-Moslem riots. Had only a fraction of such religious or racial violence happened in the U.S., there would have been international headlines. But the Indian killings were a minor affair compared with the 1947 partition riots that took more than 100,000 Indian and Pakistani lives...