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Word: viruses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Behind a door marked "No Visitors" (no one may enter who has not been properly immunized), works attractive Dr. Alice Moore, a leading virus fancier. "I'm a virus girl," she says, "so I thought I'd ry 'em." She tried influenza virus on can-:erous mice. No effect. She tried the virus of herpes (inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes). No effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Frontal Attack | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Then she turned to the deadly virus of Russian spring-and-summer encephalitis, injected it into the abdominal cavity of cancerous mice. In about two days the firm, round tumors turned into blobs of pus. All the cancer cells apparently died. But the virus then went on and attacked the nerves and brain. Four days later the mice, apparently cured of cancer, died of encephalitis. Nonetheless, the virus had shown a dramatic differential effect. It went first to the tumor and thrived there before attacking the brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Frontal Attack | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Until last Tuesday, this looked like the year to snap the losing streak. But at that point Curwen went to Stillman with a high fever, induced by a virus infection. Twenty-four hours later, seven oar Ollie Iselin came down with intestinal troubles, which kept him away from practice...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Races at Cornell | 5/27/1949 | See Source »

Varsity stroke Bill Curwen was confined to Stillman Infirmary yesterday with a high fever and a possible virus infection, which will almost certainly keep him out of Saturday's dual meet with Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Curwen Sick, Will Not Stroke Against Cornell | 5/25/1949 | See Source »

...refusal to make morning appearances have brought forth the rumor that he never gets up before noon. He denies this strenuously and insists that he rises at 9 a.m. every morning. He admits, however, that he is haunted by the tragedy of Descartes, who contracted a fatal "early morning virus" while in the service of the Queen of Sweden. Berlin, therefore, stays inside with his telephone and his breakfast until the sun is safely...

Author: By Herbert P. Glasson, | Title: Faculty Profile | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

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