Word: kidneys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Brunschwig's conclusion: a man could probably survive with part of one adrenal gland, part of the liver, about 30% of the small bowel, one kidney, a few other abdominal odds & ends...
Boosted by such guest stars as Bob Hope, Fibber McGee & Molly, Red Skelton-and by the fact that Amos had a kidney operation and dramatically made the broadcast from a hospital bed-Amos 'n' Andy reached third place in Hooperatings, the largest listenership (about 30,000,000) since the days when movies were interrupted so that audiences could hear them...
...fall, he insisted on freedom to putter in his laboratory. At Illinois, he is working (with 20 research assistants) on at least a dozen projects, including a "physical environment" laboratory to study effects of cold and high altitude, an institute on the diseases of old age, research on the kidney, on electrical treatment of infantile paralysis...
...with only ten states reporting, the ten leading causes of death were: 1) pneumonia and influenza; 2) tuberculosis; 3) diarrhea, enteritis and intestinal ulcers; 4) heart disease; 5) cerebral hemorrhage; 6) nephritis (kidney inflammation); 7) accidents; 8) cancer; 9) diphtheria; 10) premature birth...
...whom mumps is ordinarily not serious, the vaccine would have little meaning. But to grownups, it was good news. Reasons:1)the mumps virus often attacks the sex glands of men & women, may cause sterility; 2) the aftermath of mumps may be meningoencephalitis, deafness, or nephritis (inflammation of the kidney...