Classics in Miniature

Classics in Rhinology

Nutrition Classics

(1) On the macroscopical alterations in the tissues of guinea-pigs which had been fed exclusively on bread, groats, and unpeeled grain. BY experimenting with the " one-sided " diets which were used in the experiments, mentioned in the foregoing paper on polyneuritis in poultry, we found that guinea-pigs also contract a disease, and that this disease is accompanied by very characteristic changes...

Neuroradiology classics.

In our clinical practice and teachings of neuroradiology, we usually focus on the ‘‘here and now’’, not the historical underpinnings. As Albert Lyons states in the introduction to his book on the history of medicine, ‘‘the student, practitioner, and public marvel at the contemporary medical scene, with its enlarged scientific understanding, remarkable diagnostic tools, effective therapeutic met...

“Classics in Spectroscopy”

This is an amazing textbook, fascinating for students who want to learn about the isolation and structure elucidation of natural compounds, but also for experienced chemists and pharmacist as well as for lecturers dealing with this topic. It focuses on the isolation and characterization of 30 substances, many of them very well known in daily life e. g. nicotine, curcumin, menthol. The first cha...

Nutrition Classics

The previous work reported from this laboratory on the chemical nature of vitamin C has been continued, particularly in the study of the solubility of the active material in organic solvents, leading towards its isolation by crystallization. This paper deals with (a) the precipitation of the active material as the lead salt, and (b) the isolation of a crystalline compound which is active in pre...