Word: myrtillin
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...fortnight ago Dr. Frederick M. Allen of Morristown, N. J., told the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology of "myrtillin," vegetable extract which Dr. Richard I. Wagner, also of Morristown, had isolated after mulling over many a hundredweight of Maine huckleberry leaves (TIME, April 25). At the meeting of the American Association of Physicians in Atlantic City, May 3, and at 'the convention of the American Medical Association in Washington, May 20, Dr. Allen expects to give more ample reports on "myrtillin...
Diabetes. Dr. Richard I. Wagner of Morristown (N. J.) Psychiatric Institute, extracted from huckleberries "myrtillin," substance of unknown chemical composition. Fed to some diabetic dogs by Dr. Frederick M. Allen of Morristown, "myrtillin" seemed to benefit. It may develop as an alternative to insulin as diabetic treatment...
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