Vol. 105]No. 2716

Pages 53-78

January 17, 1947

cienceNews and Notes

Technical Papers

In the Laboratory

Book Reviews

Scientific Book Register

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Senator Claude Pepper who introduced the Neeley-Pepper Bill, S. 93,into the 80th Congress on January 8. The Neeley-Pepper Bill, whichcalls for a $100,000,000 Federal expenditure for cancer research, failedto pass the 79th Congress.

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Financing Cancer Research:E. V. Couwdry ........ 53

Scientific Development of the Use ofHuman Resources: Progress in theArmy Air Forces: John C. Flanagan.. 57

News and Notes .61

Technical Papers

The Polished Rocks of Cornudas Mountain, NewMexico: Walter B. Lang .65

Vitamin C Content of Mexican Ornamental Plants:Francisco Giral and Luz Maria de la Torre.65

Experimental Argyrosis: II. Treatment of Rats Receiv-ing Silver With 2, 3-Dimercaptopropanol (BAL):Charles T. Olcott and Walter F. Riker,Jr. 67

The Movement of Substances Through a Two-phasedSolution System: T. C. Broyer .67

The Effect of Streptomycin on the Oxygen Uptake ofEberthella typhosa: Ross S. Benham.69

In the Laboratory

The Assay of New Rich Natural Sources of AscorbicAcid: Jules Tuba, George Hunter, and Jo/zn A. Osborne 70

Autolyzed Brain Tissue as a Means of Facilitating Trans-mission of Experimental Poliomyelitis:Albert Milzer and Chester L. Byrd, Jr .70

Semiquantitative Determination of Traces of Uranium:A Fluorophotometric Method for Field Use:T. R. P. Gibb, Jr., and Hozward T. Evans, Jr......... 72

3cieneceA Simple Resistance Thermometer for Blood-Tempera-

ture Measurements:Louis F. Drummeter, Jr., and William G. Fastie...... 73

The Cultivation of Mammalian Liver Cells in LargeNumbers: T. N. Harris and Susanna Harris........ 75

Book Reviews

Electrical engineering: essential theory and typical appli-cations: Fred H. Pumphrey.Reviewed by C. V. Christie ....................... 77

. Atomic and free radical reactions: the kinetics of gas-phase reactions involving atoms and organic radicals:E. W. R. Steacie.Reviewed by Henry E. Bent ....................... 77

Photography by infrared. its principles and applications.(2nd ed.): Walter Clark.Reviewed by W. E. Forsythe ......................

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