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Joseph Pitty Couthouy (1808-64) In Texas, S. W. Geiser

Field and Laboratory

One of the most interesting and appealing members of the scientific staff of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition around the world (1838-42) was Joseph P. Couthouy. The biographers, however, have dealt badly with him. Neither Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, nor the curiously selective Dictionary of American Biography give a sketch of his life. Nor is there one in that omnium-gatherum, the Lippincott-Thomas biographical dictionary (which can hardly be called selective, judging from some inclusions). Fragmentary accounts of him are given in various notes on the work of the Wilkes expedition; and we have early been dependent on Bouve's (1880) and …

Gustavus Wilhelm Wuerdemann (1817-59), Early Naturalist Of The U.S. Coast Survey, S. W. Geiser

Field and Laboratory

The recent appearance of Wraight & Roberts' sequicentennial historical account of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey calls to mind the splendid natural-history collections that G. W. Wurdemann, tidal-observer and meteorologist, made during the years 1844 to 1859, especially in Texas, Louisiana, and Florida. As no extended biographical notice of this naturalist has appeared in the nearly one-hundred years that have passed since his death, the present note may be of interest to students of the history of scientific exploration in the early South and Southwest.

The Reflection Of A Surgeon In The Progress Of His Art, Grover C. Penberthy

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Recent Publications Of The Professional Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Meal Planning For South Dakota 4-H Girls, Jane Meyer

SDSU Extension Circulars

Cooking's fun, so let's begin! Even if you're a very young 4-H girl, you can cook. But, you must start with simple foods. As you learn more, and practice, cooking will be easier. You can then make more difficult dishes, and even plan and prepare some family meals. Let's start by learning some basic rules. You need to be neat and clean; you should always be safe; you should measure correctly; you must know how to read recipes. A good cook knows and follows these rules. You'll want to know them too!

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 33, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Blood Oxygen Capacity In Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta Schneider) And Box Turtles (Terrapene Carolina Linne), Harold J. Payne

Master's Theses

Among factors necessary for an animal to maintain life is the presence of an oxygen carrier that will transport a sufficient quantity of oxygen necessary for respiratory metabolism. In animals whose blood contains hemoglobin, which is a pigment that loads and unloads oxygen, this carrying capacity is referred to as blood oxygen capacity. It is a measure of the amount of oxygen that will combine with whole blood when completely mixed with air. It is usually expressed in volumes per cent (ml. 02/100 ml. blood) and corrected to standard temperature and pressure.

A search of available literature revealed that there …

The Musculus Mylohyoideus And M. Interhyoideus In Necturus, Joseph P. Harris Jr.

Field and Laboratory

Casual dissection of the ventral surface of the head in Necturus reveals an extensive area of muscle fibers crossing the throat and extending from the tip of the lower jaw to the gular fold. The connective tissues and fascia in this area partly mask the fibers; and the muscle fibers collectively have in several instances been described as constituting a single muscle, the M. mylohyoideus. In reality two separate muscles are involved, and each consists of two parts. Here follows a tabulation of the synonymy, and a brief description of the muscles.

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (July 1957) 25(3)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Historical Sketch ........................34

Birding in Kearney at Four Miles Per Hour ........................37

Meetings and Reports ........................41

Arthur Sperry Pearse ........................42

Short Comments on Bird Behavior ........................43

General Notes ........................44

Excerpts from Letters to the Editors ........................45

Reports of Nests, Nestlings, and Fledglings ........................46

Book Reviews ........................48

The Responsiveness Of The Respiratory Centers In Cardiacs With Mitral Valvular Disease, Hannes G. Pauli, Frances E. Noe, E. Osborne Coates Jr.

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Evaluation Of The Printability Of Papers By The I.G.T. Method, Robert W. Shaw

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Introduction

The purpose of this investigation was to determine to what extent the I.G.T. Tester could be used to determine the printability of paper. The investigation was carried out along two related paths. First to determine if the I.G.T. Tester could be used to give indications of actual press printability and secondly to determine if the results of the I.G.T. Tester were reproducible.

The Marfan Syndrome: A Report Of An Atypical Case, William H. Houston

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Helping The Hearing Impaired To Achieve Better Articulation, Mary Rose Costello

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Synthetic Polymers In Coating Colors: The Adhesive Values Of Lattices And Their Effects On Properties Of Laboratory Coated Papers, Shwang Hsia

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Five synthetic latices have been evaluated as to their adhesive values and influence on optical properties of the coated papers.

The five synthetic polymers were acrylates, acrylonitrile-buta-diene, polyethylene, polystyrene-butadiene, and vinyl acetate.

The latices were used to substitute, on a pound per pound basis, 25, 50 and 75 percent of the casein used as binder in a standard coating color consisting of 100 parts of coating clay and 16 parts of casein.

Higher adhesive values than that of straight casein were established by acrylates and two butadiene copolymers. Vinyl acetate and polyethylene possessed lower adhesive values than straight casein color. …

Observations On Protracted Cystic Duct Obstruction With Hydrops, William S. Haubrich, Melvin A. Block

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Recent Publications Of The Professional Staff Of The Henry Ford Hospital And The Edsel B. Ford Institute For Medical Research

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Experiments On The Possibility Of Inducing An Abdominal Pregnancy In The Adult Male Golden Hamster By The Transplantation Of Presumptive Embryonic Tissue From The Female, Richard T. Padula

Biology Honors Papers

This 21 page thesis describes an experiment conducted to determine whether ectopic pregnancy can be induced in a male hamster through transplantation of a fertilized egg from a female hamster.

A Summer Deer Food Study In Tensas Parish, Louisiana, William James Sheffield Jr.

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Where deer have overpopulated their range, a thorough knowledge of range conditions and deer food habits is necessary to establish proper management. This study was made on an overpopulated deer range in Northeastern Louisiana. It provides information on certain phases of deer food habits not heretofore investigated in the region. The study procedure followed a modification of the Aldous Deer Browse Survey Method, whereby a percentage sample survey was made of the density of woody and herbaceous browse species and their utilization by deer. Vines made up 55 per cent, trees and shrubs 31 per cent, and forbs 14 per …

The Effect Of Galacto-Mannans On Handsheets Made From Softwood, Hardwood Or Rag Pulps, Thomas R. Murwin

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Some published information reports that galacto-mannans, when used as strength producing beater additives, do not effect significant strength increases in hardwood pulps. In order to investigate this problem further, six pulps covering a wide range of pulping processes and chemical compositions, were evaluated before and after the addition of locust bean gum, a galacto-mannan, to the pulp.

The results obtained indicate that galacto-mannans do favorably affect the strength properties of hardwood pulps. Substantial increases in bursting strength, tensile strength and folding endurance were noted for all the hardwood pulps employed, as well as for a rag pulp. These strength increases …

An Evaluation Of Selfing Techniques For Agropyron Elongatum, Keith I. Matheson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Tall wheatgrass Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. has gained in importance since its introduction into the United States in 1909 from its native habitat on saline meadows and seashores of Southern Europe and Asia Minor. This very late-maturing, coarse, nonlodging 2 1/2 to 6-foot-tall bunchgrass was discarded in Utah in 1919 for being too aggressive. It is now under production in the intermountain and other regions because of its cold and drought tolerance as well as for its salt tolerance and its ability to make excellent fall and spring recovery. According to Weintraub (1953) this salt-tolerant plant gives high yields of …

Effect Of Hay Or Rate Of Grain Supplementation On Performance Of Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Clipped Pasture Forage, Clive Wendell Arave

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Pasture is considered one of our most important agricultural crops, contributing more than one third of all feed consumed by livestock in the United States. High quality pasture has been recognized to be highly important in efficient milk production. It has been shown, however, that good pasture must be supplemented by concentrates if milk production is to be maintained at a high level.

A pasture mixture developed at the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station has yielded considerably more total digestible nutrients per acre than other roughages or farm grains commonly grown in Utah. Concentrates tend to be relatively more expensive than …

The Effect Of Temperature On The Tension Of Water In The Soil, Gordon Stewart

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The tenacity with which water is held in the soil is an important factor in determining the availability of water to plants. It is this attraction for water by the soil particle which is the basic phenomenon of soil moisture tension. Soil moisture tension may be defined as the pressure difference that must be maintained across the wall of a porous cup in order to attain a zero transfer rate between water in the soil, which is subject to surface-force action, and water in the cup, which is not subject to surface force action.

Banding And Marking Methods In Studying Seasonal Movements Of The Sharp-Tailed Grouse In Morton County, North Dakota, Albert T. Klett

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Great Plains variety of the sharp-tailed grouse Pediocetes phasianellus jamesi Lincoln was the predominant upland game bird during the exploratory and early settlement period in North Dakota (Coues 1874 and 1878, Larson 1928, and Williams 1926). Since then its status has diminished as the prairie grassland gradually was converted to intensively used pastures and cropland. Although the sharptail is still abundant enough in its remaining habitat to provide for liberal annual harvests, further demand on these lands by a growing human population will make it necessary to apply game management measures other than hunting regulations if the sharptail is …

The Relative Saponin Content Of Alfalfa Varieties In Utah As Measured By Chick Growth Depression, Morris Dean Wilding

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Bloat among ruminants is not new to farmers or scientists. One learns from a Roman author's description of this ailment written in 60 A. D. that the symptoms have changed little since that time. Literature also records that the treatments used today for the prevention and relief of bloat are similar to those prescribed by the early Romans (Anonymous 1954).

The Effects Of Hunting Season Length On Comparable Pheasant Populations, Temple A. Reynolds

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

For many years sportsmen have speculated that hunting limits pheasant populations. With the abolition of the Pheasant Game Farm program in Utah in 1953, this popular concept gained much impetus with the result that, because of public disfavor to a longer season, a 3 to 5 day season on pheasants is the maximum that has been called in northern Utah and this only in areas classed as "better" pheasant habitat.

In contrast to the short seasons in Utah, pheasant seasons in southern Idaho have been from 8½ to 15½ days long for the past 10 years, and will be even …

The Use Of Branchiostegal Rays To Determine Age Of Lake Trout Salvelinus Namaycush Walbaum, Ross Vivian Bulkley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Any method used in aging fish must fulfill certain requirements to be satisfactory. If the method is inaccurate, naturally little reliance can be placed upon its use. If considerable study of the method and much practice are required before accurate readings can be obtained, the method will not come into widespread use. The requirements of an aging method, then are that it must be accurate and comparatively easy. The scale method for aging lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum) unfortunately does not fulfill these requirements. It has always been difficult to tell the age of lake trout by the examination …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (April 1957) 25(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1956 Nesting Report ........................18

Report .of the Mid-Winter Convention........................ 21

Dr. John Todd Zimmer ........................22

Letters of. Special Note........................ 22

Cowbird Eggs in Nests of Bell's Vireos........................ 23

Notes ........................24

Treasurer's Report for the Year 1956 ........................30

Brief Summary of 1956 Hikes........................ 31

Book Reviews ........................32

Anomalous Retinal Correspondence: Diagnostic Tests And Therapy, Josephine S. Kukora

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Milk-Alkali Syndrome, Robert J. Priest, Richmond W. Smith, W. Earl Redfern

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Introduction To New Staff Members

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.