Word: tableted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nine of the 16 selections in Professor Jones' anthology are distinguished expositions of the concept of freedom of inquiry as not forth by diverse persons and institutions from 1605 (Francis Bacon on "The Advancement of Learning") to 1915 (The University of Wisconsin's message on a bronze tablet.) But the remaining seven articles--also vigorous statements of this crucial freedom--cover only the last three decades...
Methylcellulose, Dr. Bargen found, is a bulking substance which can be taken handily in tablet form. In lukewarm water or in the digestive tract it forms a suspension of "innumerable tiny translucent gelatinous particles 0.5 mm. or less in diameter." It goes through most of the digestive tract unchanged, but loses water and turns to a bulky jelly about the time it reaches the colon. Dr. Bargen checked on its progress at regular intervals-through abdominal openings in patients who had had intestinal operations...
...their research to avoid surgery, Grimson and associates found an answer in banthine, a new synthetic drug which they had been testing on high blood pressure. Banthine, taken by mouth in tablet form four to six times a day, has the same effect as cutting the vagus nerve; it slows down stomach contractions so that food is retained there for as long as six hours, and it reduces the flow of corrosive acid...
Tibione is more toxic than streptomycin or P.A.S., but most patients suffer only loss of appetite, malaise, and skin eruptions which look like measles. These side effects soon pass, and Tibione (unlike streptomycin) can be given to a patient for months or even years. It is taken in tablet form, usually four times a day. Because the drug was developed during the war, the German patents are no good and any U.S. manufacturer can make it. A few patients in U.S. hospitals have been dosed with Tibione; it will soon be tried on thousands...
...sale in drugstores for 35? to 40?, the kit consists of a test tube, a dropper and two reagent tablets. To five drops of urine and ten drops of water, add one tablet. If the solution turns blue, there is no sugar in the urine. If it turns any other color (most likely orange), there is sugar in the urine and a suspicion of diabetes. After that, the next step is to see a doctor...