Hyperbaric hydrogen Therapy: A Possible Treatment for CancerHairless albino mice with squamous cell carcinoma were exposed to a mixture of 2.5 percent oxygen and 97.5 percent hydrogen at a total pressure of 8 atmospheres for periods up to 2 weeks in order to see if a free radical decay catalyzer, such as hydrogen, would cause a regression of the skin tumors. Marked aggression of the tumors was found, leading to the possibility that hyperbaric hydrogen therapy might also prove to be of significance in the treatment of other types of cancer.
The United States Census BureauFrank R. Wilson|The Palimpsest|1956 Census of UnemploymentDuring the 1930 s the United States was plagued with unemployment.The National Re covery Administration had lifted the spirits of the country, but it had not created purchasing power.Congress decided that it would be necessary to measure the actual extent of unemploymentcomplete and partial -before undertaking any step to relieve the situation.Congress appropri ated $5,000,000 and authorized the Commerce Department to set up an organization for measur ing unemployment.In 1937 President Roosevelt appointed John D. Biggers, President of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company of Toledo, Ohio, to take