Word: lactic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Physiology involved depends on the acid-alkaline condition of the body. Exertion causes the oxidation (burning) of blood sugar in the muscles. Product of that combustion is lactic acid which ordinarily changes into carbon dioxide and is exhaled. During intense effort too much lactic acid is produced in a short time to be eliminated (as oxidized gas) through the lungs. This causes trouble unless the blood contains enough alkaline substances to neutralize the acid. Oranges, grapefruit and lemons alkalinize the blood in a natural way. So do certain mineral waters. But none, according to Berlin's Professor Dennig...
...duty on Brazil's babassu nut. Prime reason is compulsory pasteurization of milk in all major markets. Familiar is everyone with the cry of the orthodox medic that pasteurization kills disease bacteria which might be present in milk. Unfamiliar is the average person with the fact that lactic acid-producing bacteria normally present in milk are likewise killed, retarding souring, making milk a semi-perishable which may be marketed as fresh milk up to ten days from the cow, average city supply five days old on delivery. Thus, via the pasteurizer, every quart of milk produced east...
...fundamental effect of fever, Dr. Fishberg found, is alkalosis, caused by loss of acidic substances (chloride, lactic acid, carbon dioxide) from the body. The acid loss occurs through the skin and lungs as the body automatically struggles to cool off to normal temperature. During a five-hour bout with fever of 106° F., Dr. Fishberg's patients sweated out as much as five quarts of water, one-half ounce of salt, one-third ounce of lactic acid. Due to such acid content of sweat, athletes often complain of "stinging sweat." Because excess salt is shed through the skin...
...Richards in 1885. It was successfully tested at the first meeting (September 30, 1935) which was attended by approximately one hundred and fifty men interested in chemistry. The movie "Story of Steel" opened the meeting, and was followed by a talk by Professor Grbunnell Jones about the lactic acid industry entitled "Murder by Proxy," Refreshments were afterwards served. This procedure will be followed in the future, when further talks in the club's Golden Anniversary Lecture Series will be given prominent men in chemical fields...
With periods of work on the treadmill varying from a few seconds of sprinting to intermittent half-hour periods of walking, the runners present all the stages of physical exhaustion. Blood tests are systematically taken, and the blood analyzed to find out the amount of lactic acid, presence of which is the chief cause of fatigue. Test-tubes, beakers, flasks, burners, and numerous scientific devices make this experimental room vaguely reminiscent of a Sax Rohmer novel or the mid-year nightmares of Chem A students...