Word: skins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the intestinal contents of fish he prepared a concentrated solution of the bacteriophage. Then he deliberately set about getting his own hands infected. He dipped them repeatedly in his phage solution, soon saw them healing up. Word of his success brought other skin sufferers to the Aquarium. One man said his affliction had resisted treatment for 20 years. His hands were so sore and scaly that he could not close them. After plunging them in the phage solution several times a week for three months he could grip a golf club. Last week Researcher Coates had 18 other favorable...
...production capacity of some 50,000 per day. The king is a tiny fellow whose main function is to be the queen's husband. They cohabit for life, which may last ten years. Their offspring feed them and each other with food either regurgitated or exuded through the skin. Some species sprout an edible fungus garden in which the young may graze...
...other animals. No incisions are made on top of the tail. If flexor muscles were cut eight or ten inches from the base of the tail it would look really phooey. Incisions are made under profound anesthesia and with a knife so small that the slit in the skin can scarcely be seen. I don't know where you got your description but if New York vets are as bad as that I pity the horses. If you tried to find out something about our profession you would be surprised at how nice we are- quite humane, really...
...wall of President Roosevelt's study on the second floor of the White House stands a big black leather couch. It is comfortably low and squashy, holds four grown men. Many long sittings have worn off most of its shine. Before it on the floor lies a tiger- skin rug and within easy reach is a pedestal ashtray. The couch's deep easy pitch not only relaxes the body but loosens the tongue to friendly informal talk. If the World Economic Conference, opening in London June 12, proves a success, it will be due in no small measure...
...employment office furnishes all the equipment, which consists of a red pail, chamois skin, sponge, and soap, and states that it will have a man on the job one hour after notification. The workers are to be trained by an experienced window-washer, and will receive $.50 per hour, with a minimum charge...