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...grew, his skin darkened and hardened to a black, rough casing over his whole body except the chest, neck and face. It was covered with close-set black bumps; between them the skin was as hard as a fingernail, and if it was bent it cracked and oozed bloodstained serum. Someone cruelly dubbed him "the elephant boy." Doctors said he had been born with ichthyosis (fish-scale disease). Nobody knew its cause or cure...
Weil-Bred. Romanticized in the novels of Jack London, sled dogs were immortalized after the epic dash to carry diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925. Since then, though the airplane and bulldozer have displaced the Husky as Arctic freight haulers, the Huskies have served man well. Shearer, president of a Boston furniture store, served in World War II, as did many of the other dogsled racers, with the Arctic search & rescue units of the Air Force...
...dedication ceremonies a year ago Cohn pointed out that "neither alcohol, very low temperature, drying equipment, nor radiation equipment for virus sterilization is necessary" to produce Stable Plasma Protein Solution which, he believes, "will replace serum albumin, dry plasma, and wet plasma...
...second time this season at 2 p.m. today. Unfortunately for the Crimson, few of its backfield stars will be playing, except for Hutchinson, who will be in defense. Trying out in their first game will be freshman Dave Wells and Bob Magruder will play forward in the serum...
Cohn and a group of doctors told the National Academy of Sciences that this medicine, which is derived from the human blood, may be used to combat shock and treat burns. The scientists expect it will replace both plasma and serum albumin, an anti-shock medicine, in use against war wounds or atom-bomb casualties...