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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
6
Dr. Sheldon C. Reed and colleagues at the University of Minnesota traced family histories of 600 breast cancer patients and found only a slight hereditary susceptibility. Controls were patients’ families and husbands matched by age race and social status.
University of Illinois reports Prof. Jozef Cohen plans using a circular screen to place spectators inside the film projection for a three dimensional effect. The idea recalls Raoul Grimain Sanson’s Cineorama demonstrated at the 1900 Paris expo. Cohen reportedly patented his method and claims improvements.
Dr E Trier Moerch of the University of Chicago builds a new device from salvaged parts that varies breathing rate and airway pressure. The second design can be manually operated during power loss and even helps circulation by removing air from the lungs, with patients preferring it to standard iron lungs.
The inhalator has been employed in over 100 chest surgery cases. It replaces the hand operated rubber balloon that attendants previously repeated squeezing during long procedures.
Dr Ferdinand F Schwartz of Birmingham Alabama reports to the Southern Medical Association strong results from ultrasonic vibrations in arthritis since November 1951. More than 238 patients received 3151 treatments with no ill effects and most symptoms disappeared after a few minutes of treatment.
University of Texas experiments show algae absorb radioactivity from liquid nuclear waste. The algae are then removed by rotary vacuum filters, greatly reducing the volume of radioactive liquid that must be stored.
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