Word: lactic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Onorevole Mussolini returned last week to his birthplace, Predappio, donned a fore and aft cap a la Sherlock Holmes, confined himself to a vegetarian and lactic diet, and proceeded to till fields, raise callouses...
...Asia. Tartars ate it first, introduced it to the Slavic peoples of eastern Europe, who fed it to their German friends, who brought it to the U. S., where it was first made commercially in St. Louis. Some physicians recommend sauerkraut for constipation, intestinal putrefaction, because the lactic acid responsible for the sour taste keeps down the birthrate of putrefying bugs. * Furfural, a chemical compound made from corncobs or oat hulls, once a museum curiosity, is now used in the preparation of synthetic resin as bakelite; in the preservation of railroad ties, telegraph poles, shingles; in the flavoring of tobacco...
Director Charles Thorn announced last week. The discovery resulted from the many cases of cramps that citizens of Biddeford, Me., developed two years ago after eating imported cheese. Examination of this cheese showed that it contained myriads of bacteria, of the lactic type, used to "start" milk turning into butter or cheese. Further study revealed an interloper, which resembled the bacteria. Dr. Thorn's bureau cultured these strange germs in milk and fed the milk to cats. In a few hours the cats were violently ill, as ill as were the folk of Biddeford, with intestinal disturbances. Said...
...deserted stretch of ocean shore, in an empty house, on a kitchen table, in a glass of milk, stood a shiny spoon. For seven months it stood there, unprotected against the salt tang in the air, the dampness, the lactic acid of the milk...
...Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916), Russian, sub-director of Pasteur Institute, Paris, inventor of " phagocytosis "theory of white blood corpuscles, discoverer of therapeutic value of lactic ferments (Bacillus bulgaricus...