Word: ointments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...showdown inspection" came a complete inventory of each soldier's belongings. Here, men lost any extra shirts or pants they might have snaffled, gained any replacements they needed. A set of impregnated (anti-gas) clothing was issued. Gas masks were carefully tested, decontamination powder and protective ointment supplied...
...British medical officer reports curing 1,000 cases of scabies (itchy skin infestation caused by barely visible burrowing parasites) by painting patients "from neck to soles with a 20% benzyl benzoate emulsion." He claims his method is faster and cheaper than the classic system of baths, sulfur ointment and sterilization of clothes and bedclothes. Only 0.92% of his patients needed a second coat...
...will be a battle of two shrewd coaches this afternoon, and McLaughry has any number of tricks up his sleeve every year. His backs are fast, but the line is the fly in the Dartmouth ointment...
...filled his boot. After eight months of hospitalization and every type of conventional treatment from skin-grafting to sulfa drugs, his leg was still unhealed and infected, and he had a high fever. Several doctors decided that amputation was inevitable. Dr. Walsh took over and treated him with "Biodyne" ointment. In four months, the charred leg was good...
...healing substances in them. The scientists now extract the biodynes from 1) fish-liver oils and 2) heated yeast cells. The extracts are mixed with a petrolatum and lanolin base, sell for $3 a pound. Dr. Sperti said last week he could produce 1,000 pounds of "Biodyne" ointment a day if he had a priority for fish oils. The Chicago Fire Department has already adopted the new ointment, carries five pounds of it in all life-saving trucks...