Word: woodwards
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Foremost among these discoveries are been the isolation of quinine by Woodward and Doering, the separation of blood plasma into its various chemical components by Dr. Cohn, the invention of an apparatus for transferring whole blood within the battle lines by Majors Emerson and Ebert, the gathering of much evidence that cancer is caused by glandular disturbances by Drs. Lieberstein, Hill and Feiser, and a new treatment for goiter by Dr. Astwood...
Halted as one of the greatest scientific achievements of the century, the complete isolation of quinine, which was formally announced last month by the Harold Company, was accomplished by two 37-year-old Harvard scientists, Robert B. Woodward and William E. Doering. In less than 14 months, they ended a hundred year old search for a method of producing the anti-malaria medicine synthetically. Commercial output, however, is still uncertain...
...PEOPLE LIVED: An Intimate American History - W. E. Woodward-Dutfon...
These two books are encyclopedias of U.S. folklore. Author Woodward is chiefly concerned with the historical artifacts, Editor Botkin with the artifancies, of U.S. life...
William E. Woodward is the man who coined the word "debunk." In 1923, when he was a Hearst promotion manager, he used the word in a best-selling first novel called Bunk. He followed it up with two debunking biographies: George Washing ton and Meet General Grant, and his New American History, which debunked traditional U.S. history...