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Medicine: Increased Endurance

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Dr. Weichardt, of Leipzig, isolated a poison which he calls kenatoxin from the muscles of small animals which had died of excessive exertion, A small quantity of this injected into a normal animal produced an increase in endurance, and a resulting antitoxin was secured which has since had remarkable effects in revitalizing tired human beings. It should be used only in emergencies.

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