Word: swallowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...congress at Berlin last week, Dr. Carl H. von Noorden sent his report from his clinic at Frankfurt-am-Main. He wrote that he had succeeded in making an extract of animal pancreases. This extract he had reduced to powder then compressed into tablets. Patients whom insulin sickened could swallow his tablets. He called this extract "horment...
Married. George W. Dodge, 83, President of the First National Bank of Shinglehouse, Pa.; to Mrs. Jane F. Swallow, 81, Civil War nurse; in New York City. When paying for the wedding license the bridegroom produced a $20 bill, chuckled, said: "Uncle Sam makes these, but they're no good until I sign them,"* pointed to his signature as President of the Shinglehouse bank. After the ceremony he said: "If you could express how I feel, it would not look well in print-I feel bully...
Adam, dauntless, surprises them ; they swallow their tobacco, are taught to like it, although still in stupendous puzzlement. Pardon...
...people." When this potent beverage had been mixed, stirred, and the more solid ingredients pounded in a great bowl, the Chief personally strained it through a filter of woven bark, saying: "This make kava very nice. This take out all the grit." The Duke, no weakling, downed a huge swallow of kava. Thereafter, although flushed for a moment, he gave no sign or indication of its taste...
...Berlin, Dr. W. Christ, experimenter, stained a quart of water with a harmless blue dye; made a neighbor swallow the full quart. The doctor wanted to know how fast the stomach got rid of the water. So at intervals, he ran a rubber tube down the neighbor's throat to his stomach and drained off a little water. He learned: in 15 minutes half the water was gone, in 30 minutes four-fifths...