Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cause, he declared, was derangement of the adrenal glands. Those glands, situated one above each kidney, secrete two hormones-adrenalin in the cores, cortin in the hulls. One of adrenalin's effects is to draw sugar into the blood (see col. 3). The effects of cortin, a scarcer substance, are less well known. Among such effects is control of the amount of salt and water in the blood. Scarcity of cortin in the system increases the permeability of the walls of blood vessels and capillaries, permits a leakage of salty fluid from the blood...
...course of his researches, Dr. Carrel developed a method of transplanting an organ from one body to another. As a result of his work a man with a damaged kidney can in some cases today get it replaced with a healthy kidney from another man willing to spare the organ. But Dr. Carrel's plans of keeping whole hearts, kidneys, ovaries and other organs alive artificially were at a standstill in 1928 when Mechanic Lindbergh became his assistant. The technique was known and the nutrient fluids were at hand. But still lacking was a germ-proof device to pump...
...outlet, Dr. Lindbergh was able to force oxygen or other gases into the continuously circulating fluid and draw it off again. Thus he had a mechanical duplicate of the lungs, heart and blood vessels. Nothing remained but to modify this apparatus so that Dr. Carrel could attach a heart, kidney or ovary...
With the true fervour of a scientist, Professor Lake refused to half after the accident, and insisted on continuing to the top of the mountain, where the excavation work is proceeding. He remained three days, supervising the beginning of the work. At the end of that time, a lacerated kidney and internal hemorrhage, became so serious that he was rushed to a mining camp and later taken to a Jerusalem hospital...
...plotting to restore Greece's King George II to the throne. An obstacle to any such plot was Tsaldaris' War Minister General George Kondylis, who once said, "King George will return over my dead body." Last week, at the instigation of Premier Tsaldaris who was ill with kidney trouble, Kondylis announced that the Government is willing to let the Greek people vote on whether they want a republic or a monarchy. Greek politicians hastened to climb on the monarchist bandwagon. And George II dodged mysteriously and importantly around Paris and London, letting underlings whisper to newshawks, "The future...