Word: merck
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...early as 1941, Drs. Hench and Kendall speculated that an unknown "anti-rheumatic substance X" might be a hormone from the adrenal glands. In 1946, with the help of Merck & Co. chemists, they developed a compound from the adrenal glands of cattle. It was called Compound E (full name: 17-hydroxy-11-de-hydrocorticosterone). Compound E belongs to the steroid group of body chemicals. So do the sex hormones (a link with relief during pregnancy) and some bile products of the liver (a link with jaundice). Compound E was obtained later from an element of bile. Seven months ago Mayo...
Three drug-manufacturing firms (Squibb, Merck, Parke-Davis), experimenting with variations on streptomycin, found a complex chemical answer: dihydrostreptomycin (two atoms of hydrogen added to the original antibiotic). Two teams of doctors immediately started testing it. Last week the first public announcement of results was made in St. Paul, Minn. The news was hopeful...
VARSITY SOCCER--Minor H--Captain Carlos A. Blanco, Robert Carswell, Curtis W. Cate, Kenneth K. Chun, Arnold S. Corrigan, William F. G. Dawson, John B. Ensign, Richard H. Forster, Richard R. Harshman, Roger B. Lazarus, Donald Louria, John A. Malcolm, Huntington Mavor, Albert W. Merck, Hugh W. Morse, David D. Ogdon, Philip C. Potter, Jr., Robert L. Purinton, Thomas B. Ragle, Manager; Francis A. Seamans, and Robert L. Smith...
...starting lineup for the Crimson was Harshman, g.; Purinton, r.f.; Merck, l.f.; Mavor, r.h.; Ogden, c.h.; Blanco, l.h.; Smith, o.r.; Morse, i.r.; Potter, c.f.; Lazarus, i.l.; Corrigan, o.l. Substitutes were: Cate, Seamans, Chun, Louris, Carswell, Dawson, Ragle, Ensign, Malcolm, and Forster...
...game as a toss-up, Coach James MacDonald refuses to be drawn into any predictions as to the outcome. "These traditional contests never follow the logical forecasting rules," Mac said yesterday. "Past season records often mean next to nothing." HARVARD YALE Harshman g Symington Purinton rfb Laurent, Capt. Merck lfb Keating Mavor rhb Rabinowitz Ogden chb Andrews Blanco, Capt. lhb Hilllard Smith or Cate orf Fergusson Morse lrf Buchanan Potter cf Ford Lazarus lif Hawley Corrigan olf McKenney...