Aaron Kellner

Corticotropin-Induced Hyperlipemia in Rabbits.∗

Summary and conclusion Repeated subcutaneous injections or intravenous infusion of corticotropin A1 in rabbits caused prompt elevation of plasma NEFA levels, accumulation of fat in the liver and kidneys, and hyperlipemia. These responses appear to be evoked by extra-adrenal action of corticotropin A1.

The Risk of Transmitting Toxoplasmosis by Blood Transfusion

Forty‐three patients with thalassemia major who had received 4,805 transfusions were subjected to the dye test for toxoplasma antibodies. Only three (7%) were found to have subclinical toxoplasmosis, a rate of infection that is within the expected rate for this age group. This study, therefore, provides no evidence that toxoplasmosis was transmitted by transfusion.

Effect of Polyoxyalkylene Sorbitan Monooleate on Blood Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis in Cholesterol-Fed Rabbits.

Summary Rabbits fed Tween 80 and: cholesterol developed blood cholesterol levels that were 2 to 3 times as high as those obtained by cholesterol feeding alone, and also exhibited an earlier and somewhat rnore severe degree of atherosclerosis.

Blood Group Studies of Jungle Indians of the Mato Grosso

Studies of the blood groups of primitive jungle Indians of Brazil revealed them all to be group O with a high incidence of genes CDe, cDE, and CDE. There was a high frequency of Fya and of P and a very low frequency of K. The Diego blood group factor was present in 5 per cent of the Indians studied. A striking and unexpected finding was evidence for a third allele in the Kidd system.