RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

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intoxication would go far toward the solution
of the general problem of metallic intoxication.
This project illustrates the cooperation between
a physicist and medical men in a neurological
institute working with various types of central
nervous system diseases. Certain types of calcium
therapy cause an improvement in the condition
of patients suffering from nervous disorders
suggestive of lead poisoning. Acidosis
mobilizes the lead, and high calcium therapy
stores it. By this means it is possible to de-lead
the central nervous system tissues. The present
method of lead detection by spectral analysis
can also be applied to determine traces of metals
in various plants and food stuffs.
University of Utrecht
Biophysics
There has been appropriated to the University
of Utrecht, Netherlands, for research in
spectroscopic biology under the direction of Professors
L. S. Ornstein and A. J. Kluyver during
the two-year period beginning January 1, 1936,
the sum of 216,800. Many notable contributions
have come from the laboratory of Professor Ornstein,
especially in regard to the measurement'
of spectral intensities. Professor Kluyver is one
of the outstanding biologists in the Netherlands
and has done important research in microorganisms.
The work in progress concerns the
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