Word: testings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nelson found that the blood of healthy people, lacking antibodies, had no effect on the spirochetes. He also tested 19 cases of diseases other than syphilis which had shown positive Wassermanns; all were negative by the Nelson test...
...test, spirochetes from syphilitic rabbits are mixed with human blood. When the antibodies are present in the blood, the energetic spirochetes stop moving and apparently die, indicating that the patient has syphilis. Therefore, Dr. Nelson called his substances "Treponemal immobilizing antibodies...
...test is still experimental. In a year or so, thinks Dr. Nelson, it may be ready for general use. What is slowing him up is the difficulty of getting enough virulent spirochetes from rabbits. The work opens up the possibility of vaccination against syphilis. Says Nelson cautiously: "If enough spirochetes were available, then it might be possible that they could be so treated that they could be used as a vaccine...
Muroc is the U.S. Air Force's secret test base. Its ships, as un-nautical Air Forcemen insist on calling aircraft, are the latest planes, from the big B-36 to Buck Rogerish craft that are still marked "Top Secret." Muroc is the world's finest landing field. A deliberately overloaded bomber can labor for miles across the lake before it tries the air. An experimental jet fighter of unproved design can be tested and wrung out, with worlds of room for landing if there is a structural or power-plant failure. Muroc's miles & miles...
...military secrecy, Muroc Air Force Base is a strange sort of community. In all it does, it is dedicated to military aircraft performance, with special emphasis on speed. In the realm of speed it also has its king. He is Captain Charles ("Chuck") Yeager, 26, a modest, blue-eyed test pilot with an infectious grin and an easy West Virginia drawl. What makes Chuck Yeager outstanding, even among the crack pilots at Muroc, is the fact that his name is certain to go down prominently in aviation history books. Chuck Yeager was the first man to break through the dreaded...