Evening star., 1925-12-31

while the eggs of hens receiving sun
light had this important food factor
Eggs do not have to be fresh to re-
tain their yitamins, because nine-year-
old eggs We're still found rich in vita
min A, in experiments conducted by
the United States Bureau of Chem
istry.
The parathyroid gland, one OF the
duCtless glands situated in the throat
In the region OF the Adams apple,
secretes a hormone that prevents
tetany, a condition Of spasms and
stiffness Of the muscles.
A new dietary factor that prevents
pellagra has been found in fresh
milk. brewers yeast and fresh beef.
by scientists of the United States
Public Health Service.
Medicine.
The casual organism of one type of
cancer was isolated and photographed
by means Of the ultramicroscope. ac-
cording to the claim Of English
workers.
The germ which causes distemper
in dogs was discovered by Prof Rob
ert c. Green OF the University OF
Minnesota.
Certain soil bacteria We're found TO
have the same effect on plant growth
as vitamins have on animal growth.
by DR.. Florence A. Mockeridge of
Swansea. England.
A vaccine made from infected cattle
ticks was found an effective protec-
ton against Rocky Mountain spotted
fever.
Chicago bacteriologist found bac-
terra living in oil wells more than
1000 feet deep. This is a record
depth for living organisms on land.
Hoof-and-mouth disease of cattle
was fought in Denmark with serum
treatment instead of by slaughtering
the herds.
DIR. A. Besredka Russian scien-
tist working at the Pasteur Institute
IL Paris, discovered that deadly
germs may be entirely harmless IL
planted In tissue on which they are
not accustomed to prey.
An extract obtained from the liver
Of animals was found TO be effective
in lowering high blood pressure of
human subjects and may prove to be
effective in its field as insulin is in
treating diabetes.
Extract from the parathyroid
glands was found 10 be useful in
speeding up the healing OF broken
bones.
The causative organism of sleep
Ing sickness. encephalitis lethargica.
was, according TO claims, identified
as a. minute filter passing organism.
A new synthetic substitute for
cocaine which can be used as a
local anesthetic. has been discovered
IN Germany. 1t was named toto
kahn" 3nd is prepared from some of
the intermediate products in the
manufacture OF artificial rubber.
The thymus gland, as obscure
ductless gland in the neck, was
found TO have influence on egg pro-
duction in the case of pigeons.
Rats from which the thyroid gland
had been removed. and which were
suffering from cretintsm as a result.
were made to grow normally again
by extra doses of pituitary extract.
Propylene, a gas closely related to
ethylene, was found TO possess I'M
portant anesthetic powers.
Fitamin E, the presence of which
In foods is necessary for reproduction
of offspring. was shown TO be present
In large variety Of vegetable and
animal substances.
A process of Quantitatively meas
uring the flow of the blood, sought
for during the past two centuries, was
discovered at Yale University.
The League OF Nations established
from a radio station In French Indo-
China, so that countries Of the world
might be kept informed Of disease
conditions, and warned OF alarming
changes in the plague areas OF the
Far East.
Complications from scarlet fever,
such as Inflammation of the joints,
infections of the ear, nose and throat,
can be avoided by early use of the
antitoxin perfected by DIR. G. F. Dick
and DR.. Abraham Zingher, according
to reports made by them.
Milk, olive oil and some other foods
which had been exposed to ultra
violet light were found to have the
same curative effects on children suf-
fering from ricketts, as doses Of cod
liver oil or exposure Of the patients
themselves to ultraviolet rays.
Researches at the Carnegie Insti-
tution's department Of genetics
showed that determination of sex
ical, chemical and biological stand
point. and that changes in the rate
OF living Of the organism may be even
more fundamental in determining sex
than the make up Of the cell itself
A new and powerful antiseptic, de-
rived from the coal-tar product re-
sorcinol and called "hexyl-resorcinol,"
was made by DR.. Veader Leonard of
Johns Hopkins.
A new X-ray machine, in which the
Photographic plate Is exposed only
when the heart Is quiet between
beats, which makes It possible to take
clearer X-ray pictures Of conditions in
the lungs. was developed at the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
A new cure for hookworm, as ef-
fective as carbon tetrachloride was
discovered by Drs. Maurice G. Hall
and J. F. Shillinger Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Physics.
Penetrating radiation of cosmic
origin was discovered by DIR. r. A.
Millikan to be made up of ultra
X-rays" thousand times shorter
than the shorter and hitherto most
powerful rays known. 1t is believed
they are evidences of the formation
of matter throughout all space.
Cathode rays, shot through a me-
tallic window in a vacuum tube, were
found to kill bacteria and insects and
produce other striking physiological
and physical effects.
Prof. Gilbert N. Lewis announced a
new theory Of radiation based on the
Einstein view Of time. which makes
distant star and the eyeball of an OBJ
server come into virtual contact.
A method for making sheets Of steel
so thin that they 0elld be seen
through like glass ~ invented hy
Dr.. Karl Mueller - 1Hp-