Vitamin-K Deficiency in Early Pregnancy

Abstract

Lovell ends by saying, "This epidemic disease of our time presents, above all else, a problem in preventive medicine." Can we not warn people of the circumstances which put them at increased risk through the usual media of communication ? It is very easy to say there is far too much doctor-induced illhealth among those who have suffered from cardiac infarction.2 We can think of examples of patients in hospital who have had their cards sent to them by their employers, and some of our patients, once they are ill, receive no pay apart from sickness benefit, since they are not staff members. Aren't these factors likely to produce neurotic ill-health ? Furthermore, it has been our experience that there are many patients who will inevitably fail under the stress of a coronary incident.-We are, etc.,

Isolation of Aulacomya paramyosin

“…2). These fine needles, forming rosettes, are similar to those of tropomyosin A obtained by Bailey (1956).…”

“…The finding of DNPglutamic acid (1 residue/320000g.) in Auwacomya is reminiscent of Bailey's (1957) observation of one unidentified residue/480000g. for Pinna nobili8 paramyosin, identified in the present work as glutamnic acid.…”

“…The molecular weight of the protein was determined by the Archibald approach-to-sedimentationequilibrium method, as described in the Materials and Methods section, and the molecular weight of Table 1. Yield of ethanol-dried powder and paramyosin obtained from adductor muscle of different molluscs by using Bailey's (1956 16-5…”

“…Ethanol-dried powder from adductor muscle of Aulacomya magellanica. An ethanol-dried powder was obtained, by a modification of the method of Bailey (1956) for the whole adductor muscle of Pinna nobilia. Living specimens kept at 0-4o in sea water were obtained from the Centro de Investigaciones de Biologfa Marina (Puerto Deseado, Argentina).…”

“…This powder can be kept in the refrigerator for a year or more. The protein was prepared by starting from the ethanol-dried powder and following Bailey's (1956) procedure. Samples were crystallized three times.…”