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Colds. Medical science has no preventive nor cure for the common cold, says Dr. Aaron. Only thing to do when you catch cold: go home and wait for it to blow over. Special vaccines may help break up colds, will not forestall them. Nor will Vitamin A or ultraviolet treatments provide "cold-defense." Most nose drops must be used with great care, for they often injure delicate membranes, spread infection to the ears. Only safe remedy for stuffiness, says Dr. Aaron, is neo-synephrine snuffed up the nose, or ephedrine in salt solution, not oil. Oil drops may dribble into...
...yeast fad could not last forever. Many a yeast-eater turned to vitamin pills, easier to take and just as reassuring. Many another just quit. And Standard Brands' profits began to depend more and more on coffee, tea, gelatin, other items in its varied line, all with narrower profit margins than yeast...
...four out of five who have it," gingivitis, forerunner of pyorrhea, is no laughing matter. No toothpastes or mouthwashes will repair inflamed, bleeding gums, usually the result of illness, some vitamin deficiency or pregnancy. Fearsome is the name (desquamative gingivitis] for what happens when the outer layer of the gums begins to slough off. When bacteria invade the soft tissues, pyorrhea comes into...
Standard care of gingivitis may consist of X-rays. Vitamin C, liver extracts, antiseptic applications. It often requires the better part of a year. Last week Dr. Daniel Eleazar Ziskin of Columbia University's Dental School reported an effective, new treatment for gingivitis: sex hormone massage...
Such a system is now in effect at a great many other colleges. McGill has carried on extensive experiments on insulin through this means. The discovery of Vitamin C at the University of Wisconsin has financed further research there. Harvard would do well to follow suit. "Dedication of inventions to the public" sounds like a commendable civic move; actually the public would benefit more if Harvard should hold and lease out the patents on inventions made here...