The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology met at Rochester, N. Y., last week; gave visitors opportunities to explain and to learn.
Diabetes. Dr. Richard I. Wagner of Morristown (N. J.) Psychiatric Institute, extracted from huckleberries "myrtillin," substance of unknown chemical composition. Fed to some diabetic dogs by Dr. Frederick M. Allen of Morristown, "myrtillin" seemed to benefit. It may develop as an alternative to insulin as diabetic treatment.
Peritonitis. Drs. Bernard Steinberg and Harry Goldblatt of Cleveland took pus from the diseased peritoneum of one patient, made a vaccine of...
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