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...Newburgh's work at Michigan on kidney function and water balance, Dr. Schemm came to the conclusion that it was probably all wrong to keep victims of edema (dropsy) on a low-water regimen. Dr. Schemm learned that many medical men had suspected that the way to get rid of the water in dropsy was to give more water, not less. Cautiously he began to test the theory on heart-disease patients bloated by dropsy...
...form of its chloride (common salt), takes large amounts of water to keep it in solution. Often its demands are so great that a dropsy victim is simultaneously suffering from a shortage of water in other body functions-especially the kidneys, which are then unable to get rid of the brine...
...stumped, he appears on Soap Manufacturer Vincent Price's double-ornothing program week after week, letting his winnings pile up with the plan of taking over the whole $40-million soap company. When the alarmed hucksters try to give him what he has already won and get rid of him, a hero-loving public refuses to buy any soap unless he keeps going...
Nevertheless, the Agriculture Department did not intend to "renege" on its promise to keep supports just where they are, although it now has nearly 100 million lbs. of Government-bought butter in storage. To get rid of part of the surplus, the Department announced that 15 million lbs. would be given away to any welfare agencies that wanted it. It looked as if the Department might have to buy another 150 million lbs. by year's end, making its stockpile large enough to supply every man, woman & child in the U.S. with more than 1½ lbs. apiece...
...refuses to be party to political suppression, he gives no answer; off to jail he goes. This procedure has been swung into action now against an inconvenient labor union in Hawaii. There is hardly any pretense that the Committee is gathering information. It's trying to get rid of Hawaiians whose union activities it doesn't like...