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More than mere factors the mathematician asks for constant factors. There are not many fundamental ones of them known in the universe. By definition man has taken as standards the atomic weight of oxygen, the length of a meter, the weight of a cubic centimeter of water, and four other items. From observation he has figured very closely the velocity of light, the drag of gravity, absolute zero (459.4 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit) and six others. By deduction there are seven derived constants, like the mass of the hydrogen atom, or of the electron. Then there are six experimental constants...
Corferrol, a compound of the extract of the cortex of suprarenal glands with iron and pyrol, experimentally applied to the destruction of cancerous growths in animals by smothering the growths with excess oxygen...
Then came merciful periods of stupor, some natural, some induced by morphine. To keep the great heart beating, Sister Theoneste injected hot camphorated oil. When he coughed and choked she gave a little oxygen...
Pernicious sepsis spread through his system, prostrated him. Oxygen failed to revive him, as he slipped further and further away from life...
...Prime Minister had returned to Paris from his summer cottage, told friends that he did not expect to live through the winter. Early last week his valet found the old Tiger in bed, breathing heavily, unconscious from a sudden heart attack. Worried specialists rushed to his bedside, administered oxygen, strychnine, summoned his son, his daughter, his grandson. They privately gave up hope that the old man could live through the night. They forgot the implacable will of Georges Clémenceau. The man who carried France through the dark winter of 1917 by the sheer force of his personal hatred...