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...replaced with a healthy kidney from another man willing to spare the organ. But Dr. Carrel's plans of keeping whole hearts, kidneys, ovaries and other organs alive artificially were at a standstill in 1928 when Mechanic Lindbergh became his assistant. The technique was known and the nutrient fluids were at hand. But still lacking was a germ-proof device to pump the fluids through the organs...
...research in mussel-raising for the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Fresh water mussels, source of pearl buttons, spend the first six weeks of their lives attached to fish upon which they feed. After that the buttons-to-be break away, support themselves. Dr. Ellis has found a nutrient medium to take the place of the fish, containing all the substances a growing mussel needs. Next spring fishery officials hope to plant in the Mississippi valley 60 million juvenile mussels raised on Dr. Ellis' diet...
...dissect living cells has been perfected by Professor C. E. Tharaldsen, of the Department of Zoology, Northwestern University. It consists of a brass lever moved by three finely adjusted screws, manipulating special glass needles which can be brought to bear upon a cell suspended in a drop of nutrient fluid under the lens of the microscope. The needles, the essential part of the machine, are finer than hairs and are formed like a "J" or an "L." The apparatus is superior to similar devices now in use, in that it is steadier. It requires much practice, however...
...life or death of the American merchant marine, and that so long as foreign ships are allowed the privilege of entering and departing from American ports serving liquor that same privilege must be allowed our merchant ships." Apparently infant Industries, like babies, are better bottle-fed, but the nutrient medium need not be milk...