Word: growth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Greatest value of the test is that it can detect the presence of cancer cells long before any growth appears on the body...
...believed that somehow the growth of cancer was related to vitamin deficiency. According to standard laboratory methods, he produced cancers in young mice by coating them with tar for several weeks. The offspring of these mice were fed a diet rich in vitamins A, B, C, D and E. One day, Dr. Davidson found to his surprise that they were no longer susceptible to cancer when tarred. From the tissues of "newly dropped young" of these resistant mice, Dr. Davidson made a boiled filtrate. Injections of this filtrate, plus a high vitamin diet, produced strong cancer resistance in ordinary mice...
...Spring-Air Co. (mattresses) of Holland, Mich, informed its employes: "The name 'Spring-Air' . . . stands for buoyancy, for joyousness, for health and boundless, wholesome growth and happiness. Our products express these thoughts. For our own good, our words and thoughts should do so, too. Let's plan on Peace, think Peace, live Peace...
...goal of the government program, which is being conducted in cooperation with colleges and universities throughout the country, is to stimulate the growth of private flying, and to provide a reservoir of trained pilots to strengthen the national defense in case of emergency...
...have inherited unusually thin nose linings, easily penetrated by the polio virus. So he decided to set up "virus barriers" of tough new cells in the nasal membranes of monkeys by injecting them with tiny doses of the female sex hormone oestrogen, which, for some strange reason, stimulates cell growth in nose linings...