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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The price of milk is set by the cost of home delivery. If home delivery were eliminated milk could be retailed in stores at 2? to 4? less than at present. Milk at 9? or 10? a quart would be possible, and at this price consumption would increase, much to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Let 'Em Drink Grade A | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

> Latest theory of the complicated workings of allergic reaction: An allergen enters the bloodstream. If there are specific antibodies already present in the blood, the allergen is "conquered" and no symptoms result. But if the body is taken unawares, and antibodies are resting in tissue cells, a terrific battle follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Irrepressible Sternutation | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

> Standard rule in allergy therapy: "Free the patient of exposure, if possible. If not, make him capable of sustaining it." Standard procedure consists of: 1) skin and diet tests to detect the offending substances; 2) injections or feeding of minute quantities of the allergen until immunity is produced. This procedure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Irrepressible Sternutation | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Death Eye. During operations, anesthetists watch closely the color of their patient's skin. If his normal rosy tinge changes to bluish, they quickly pump oxygen into his lungs. But it takes several minutes for the skin to show its telltale sign, and even the keenest observers cannot scent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sawbones | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

The most significant ideas of War, as of everything else, may sometimes be found in the words and deeds of free writers. In Germany, in Russia, and to a great extent in Italy this sensitive register no longer exists, or if it does, remains hidden. In France and England no...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Noonday & Night | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

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