Word: kidney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tests which this machine performs are not diagnoses in themselves. Albumin may be found in the urine in over 20 different diseases and in itself is not diagnostic of kidney disease. The second test, presumably the Benedict's, is not diagnostic of diabetes mellitus...
...urine. That done, he pulls a lever which automatically pours the fluid into two smaller, transparent containers. As the customer waits, the machine automatically squirts acid into one of the containers, a mixed solution into the second. If the urine in the first container shows white, the man has kidney trouble. If the other sample of urine turns red or yellow he has diabetes...
...change of trimmings is somewhat lighter than the outfit of last year. This fall the well-dressed grid star will tote around 13 pounds 5 ounces of equipment on his person. This poundage is made up from the following items: Head guard, jersey, shoulder pads, hip and kidney pads, pants, stockings, shoes, and underclothing...
...late great Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago persuaded the doctors of the world that focal infections were often the cause of systemic diseases like rheumatism, arthritis, heart disease, kidney disease. Immediately there followed a great wave of tooth-pulling, tonsil-snaring, adenoid-raking, sinus-reaming. The tide, however, had turned before Dr. Billings died two years ago, and last week was in full retreat as the American Academy of Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology met in Chicago...
Diet & Acidosis. Acidosis, or the loss of alkaline substances from the body, is not a disease but a serious condition which aggravates pregnancy, infantile diarrhea, infectious diseases, diabetes, kidney and heart troubles. People who diet are apt to develop it, especially women. The women's risk, said Professor Harry James Deuel of the University of Southern California, "is associated with the inability of women to oxidize fat during starvation as completely as males. For this reason, an accumulation of incompletely oxidized end products, which are organic acids, occurs in the female...