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...skin is full of very small holes. . . . We sweat through these holes. When we sweat we get rid of poison. . . . When our skin is dirty the holes are full and the poison cannot get out. Then we get sick...
...climb higher, but isn't as smart about it. Ivy is carrying on with a young doctor (Patric Knowles) who isn't so very smart either. When she foresees a brighter future with rich, glamorous Herbert Marshall, it dawns on her that she had better get rid of both husband and lover...
Loans from the U.S.? Nevertheless, the Army was able to get rid of some $150 million in marks. It still has $100 million which Petersen guessed would be liquidated in another 18 months. Then, he said, everything would be all right...
...gold medal for the most original exhibit went to a pair of young Tulane doctors who had broken out a new track of investigation. Drs. George E. Burch (see below) and Paul Reasor wanted to find out why people with congestive heart failure have so much trouble getting rid of water, and thus show such symptoms as massively swollen legs. They suspected that sodium, an extremely "thirsty" element, had something to do with it. So they fed patients salt containing radioactive sodium, and followed the sodium's course. Sure enough, they discovered that the patients retained nearly...
Specialists have realized for some time that such heart patients do poorly on a normal diet, and need as little salt as possible. A diuretic, to help the patients get rid of water, is also a standard treatment. But Drs. Burch and Reasor showed that the big problem is to get rid of sodium rather than water. For that purpose, a mercurial diuretic is best; it carries off excess sodium in urine...