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...development of a device which enables military plane pilots to take photographs of ground objectives at night, at altitudes up to 5,000 ft. The airman drops a powerful magnesium-powder flash bulb equipped with a time fuse which explodes it near the ground. The flash actuates a photoelectric cell in the plane, which instantly trips the camera shutter...
...chief studies have been on benign giant-cell tumors; radiographic findings in pericarditis with effusion; endothelial mycolma; congenital idiopathic enlargement of the heart; primary tumors and massive collapse of the lung; and carcinoma of the breast...
According to the theory of immunity proposed by the great Paul ("Magic Bullet") Ehrlich, when foreign proteins enter the body, they try to enter into harmful chemical union with body cells. The cells sprout invisible, mysterious little things called antibodies which act as chemical grappling hooks. When an invading protein seizes a hook, the cell gets rid of its eneny by loosing the hook. If there are not enough hooks to cope with the invaders, the person falls...
...occasionally something goes wrong with the detaching mechanism by which the disturbed cells turn loose their hooks. Then, instead of immunity, allergic sensitization is set up. Though sprouted in great numbers, the hooks remain attached to the cell. Now the cell is more attractive to foreign proteins than before. They swarm to its hooks like hungry wolves pouncing on beefsteaks. From then on, the person is allergic to that protein...
Temporarily, the dilemma, of Poet Donne, his publishers and readers resembled the one he once scratched on the wall of his Fleet Street Prison cell:-Anne Donne, John Donne, Undone...