Wood-swinging Paul Wood, M.D.

Wood-swinging Paul Wood, M.D.: "Tee or tea?".

Drs. Lewis Wright and Paul Wood examining apparatus.

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Paul Kotin, MD

environmental health physician-scientist and NIEHS director from 1966 to 1971, passed away in Laguna Beach, California. A pathologist by training, Kotin received his MD in 1939 from the University of Illinois, and later served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II, followed by private practice and appointments at Los Angeles County Hospital and the University of Southern California...

Acetylation of wood – A review

Wood is a porous three dimensional, hydroscopic, viscoelastic, anisotropic bio-polymer composite composed of an interconnecting matrix of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin with minor amounts of inorganic elements and organic extractives. Some, but not all, of the cell wall polymer hydroxyl groups are accessible to moisture and these accessible hydroxyls form hydrogen bonds with water. As the...

Properties of Wood and Structural Wood Products

Wood differs from other construction materials because it is produced in a living tree. As a result, wood possesses material properties that may be significantly different from other materials normally encountered in structural design. Although it is not necessary to have an in-depth knowl­ edge of wood anatomy and properties, it is necessary for the engineer to have a general understanding of ...