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Does Hyperthermia Have A Therapeutic Role In Hiv Disease?, Linda M. Schecterle, John St. Cyr

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

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Some Effects Of The Bite Of The Short-Tailed Shrew, Blarina Brevicauda, Howard F. Krosch

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Folklore, especially in Europe, has long maintained that shrews are extremely poisonous. Zoologists have discounted this belief as superstition until recently, when it was learned that at least two species of shrews - the European water shrew, Neomys fodiens, and the American short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda - produce a toxin in their sub-maxillary glands.

Economy And Protein Malnutrition Among The Digo, Luther P. Gerlach

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

In short, even where protein malnutrition is primarily a result of poor environment, economy, and technology, other, often less obvious, traditional cultural patterns must be taken into account in any development and improvement program. If kwashiorkor is to be eliminated satisfactorily, and if contingent problems are to be kept to a minimum, these other patterns must often also be modified.

The importance of traditional cultural patterns is perhaps best illustrated by an example of a people who suffer from protein malnutrition primarily because of them. The Digo tribe of coastal Kenya and Tanganyika, among whom this writer conducted anthropological field …

Hemophilia In Man: The Need For Complete Familial Data, Clarence P. Oliver, Eleanor H. Lindeman

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

A Case Of Mongolism With Some References To The Collection Of Data, Clarence P. Oliver

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.