Word: toxication
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Still another "rejuvenation" method is exploited by Dr. William Held, of Chicago, who has returned from three months' study with Dr. Abder- halden, German gland specialist. He uses chimpanzees, but does not transplant their glands. The substance which brings on senility in humans, he says, is "cholin" (a toxic crystalline base allied to the bile). The chimpanzees are "decholinized" by a special process. They have not been penalized by the vices of civilization. Injections of this serum are claimed to restore the conditions of normal youth in the human body. In the near future, says Dr. Held...
...University of Toronto, and it is made by only one firm in the United States. It is administered hypodermically. Cambridge University biochemists, L. B. Winter and W. Smith, are developing an extract of yeast, very similar in composition to insulin, but much cheaper to manufacture, and of less dangerous toxic qualities. This may prove a satisfactory substitute. Dr. James C. Irvine, Principal and Vice Chancellor of St. Andrew's University, Scotland, one of the world's greatest authorities on blood sugar, asserts that no complete cure of diabetes has yet been found, though he recognizes the value...
...mustard gas and Lewisite which are toxic poisons to anything that they touch," added Captain Phillips, "the only protection is a suit, similar to oilskins, that covers the whole body but which so hampers a man as to make him unfit for actual combat...
...Lecture. V. The Toxic Action of Carbon Compounds. Rodney H. True, Ph.D. University Museum, Room...
...Lecture. V. The Toxic Action of Carbon Compounds. Rodney H. True, Ph.D. University Museum, Room...